Dan Alsheimer Alsheimer থেকে Khiriya, Madhya Pradesh 470661, India
It only took me three days to finish this book. Most of the time I was reading it at the Board of Education when I had nothing to do. This book gave terrific insight into the match by giving detailed descriptions on what was going outside making it a unified whole. It especially gave a clear insight into Fischer's mind which repulsed me because it is the exact kind of behaviour one of the Japanese Teacher of English (JTE) exhibits. Outbursts, temper tantrums, verbal abuse (to me signs of megalomania)...these are all fine when you're reading it objectively as in the book but when you experience it first hand--you begin to detest it as I began to detest Fischer for his actions. In the book, the organizers gave many concessions to Fischer's whims. While in one school that I go to, they give too many concessions to, the obviously mentally unstable, JTE's demands. In both of these persons the organizers/higher authority would have done a tremendous amount of good to just let these people go and you wonder why they didn't just do the obvious. To disqualify Fischer for making preposterous demands. To fire the JTE for being mentally unstable. In both of these instances I find that the respective authorites fail to do their task.
My absolute favorite of the series (so far.)
I need to read this again, as I've been declaring it my Favorite Book of All Time for some time now. The writing is amazing--each sentence like a poem all its own. A beautiful book that is worth the slow pace of reading.