PINCHIK and Other Kvetchers Plus the Official Tennis and Potchky Manuals

PINCHIK And Other Kvetchers Plus The Official Guides To Tennis And Potchky is a collection of satires that have appeared in Sports Illustrated, The East Hampton Star and other newspapers and magazines. Part One, the Pinchik stories, consists of recollections of one of the great kvetchers of our times, a man who has refused to accept most things in modern life, including computers, cell phones and air-filled bagels. Part Two, The Half-Volley Drop Shot and other Unspeakable Acts, proves that normal people can't play tennis and suggests helpful hints like how and when to cheat, the absurdity of trying to hit an overhead and the intricacies of Ping Pong etiquette. Part Three, Flotsam and Jetsam, revels many long-suppressed secrets like how Michelangelo woefully overcharged the Vatican for the Sistine Chapel job, while only painting one coat, as well as the scandal that ended the International Pisha Paysha Tournament in the Catskills.