Polite Cruelties

Name/Title

Polite Cruelties

Description

Jon Bradshaw offers a highly literate and anecdotal account of backgammon’s intense appeal to gamblers, including the story of the infamous “Gravita Take.” Includes a consensus list of the current top 15 players in the game.

Publication Details

Periodical

Harper's

Volume/Number/Issue

June 1972

Date Published

1972

Time Period

Popular Backgammon

Other Names and Numbers

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Number Type

Sequence

Other Number

1972_06