“Bridge’s most prolific author and arguably its best teacher have collaborated for the first time, and the outcome is a very readable and highly instructive pair of books for improving players. The basic principle is simple: each of the themed chapters has a series of paired deals, one from each author – 200 deals in total. The deals in each pair are similar, sometimes almost identical, but the correct play is different, sometimes markedly so. What this does is make it very clear that while you can learn all the essential techniques to fulfil your contracts, you also need to know which one to apply, and that in turn means not just recognising what you think is a familiar situation or pattern from a book or a lesson, and automatically applying the approach advocated there. The interplay between the authors adds a human element which makes the reading more enjoyable, and that helps the learning process.”
— A New Bridge Magazine