On the few occasions that I’ve talked about a book, I solely discussed the merits of the author. Today, I will consider it as a…
CIPC #391: Celine Geser, Unsere Umwelt
When the Where’s Wally? series1 conquered the world in the late eighties and early nineties, it more or less introduced the find-the-figure book to the…
CIPC #372: Håkan Nesser, Het vierde offer
I’ve written three different posts about chess in literature by now, in which several very brief unsuspecting chess scenes from a variety of books are…
CIPC #300: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, La tabla de Flandes
Following in my own illustrious footsteps, I will once more regale you with my running commentary — purely from a chess point of view, of…
CIPC #161: Jay Richard Kennedy, Schach dem Vorsitzenden
Perhaps you have heard of a 1969 movie called The chairman? Maybe under its alternative title The most dangerous man in the world? It was…
CIPC #144: Rivron, Het caravan kookboek
It’s a — it’s a cookbook! When I started this blog, I was expecting many things. I knew there would be films, comic books, and…
CIPC #84: Chess in literature
So far, I have only talked about books in the 15th instalment of the Chess in Popular Culture series, where I discussed a bunch of…