{"id":11316,"date":"2026-02-01T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.com\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=11316"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:41:55","slug":"bridge-in-the-menagerie","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/bridge.com\/en\/publication\/bridge-in-the-menagerie\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIDGE IN THE MENAGERIE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-60c1a84\" data-block-id=\"60c1a84\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-60c1a84-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-f71a61e\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"f71a61e\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-f71a61e-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-f71a61e-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-0817ac3\" data-block-id=\"0817ac3\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-0817ac3-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-19ce0da\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"19ce0da\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-19ce0da-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-19ce0da-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-57a93d8\" data-block-id=\"57a93d8\"><style>.stk-57a93d8 .stk-img-wrapper{width:320px !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-10749\" src=\"https:\/\/bridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BridgeInTheMenagerie_SML_LRG.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BridgeInTheMenagerie_SML_LRG.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BridgeInTheMenagerie_SML_LRG-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-447aa60\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"447aa60\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-447aa60-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-447aa60-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-f16db2a\" data-block-id=\"f16db2a\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Victor Mollo\u2019s Bridge in the Menagerie is on any list of the all-time top ten books on the game. The stories it contains, originally published in Bridge Magazine and The Bridge World, found a world-wide audience in book form. Everyone can relate to the characters (the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl, and the rest), the bridge hands are brilliant, and the stories themselves hilarious. This is the book against which all subsequent attempts at bridge humor are measured. Bridge in the Menagerie was out of print for some time, until reissued with illustrations by bridge cartoonist Bill Buttle.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-98282e6\" id=\"about-the-author\" data-block-id=\"98282e6\"><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-align-justify\">About the Author<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-ce48f92\" data-block-id=\"ce48f92\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-align-left\"><em><strong><em>Bill Buttle\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>(1940-2020) was a former dentist who took up drawing cartoons post-retirement. His &#8216;Two\u2019s a Crowd&#8217; and &#8216;Double Bill&#8217; features were syndicated in newspapers across Canada. Bill\u2019s bridge humor was familiar to North Americans since it appeared regularly in the ACBL\u2019s monthly Bridge Bulletin.<br>The late\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Victor Mollo\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>(London, UK) is one of the best-loved authors ever to write about bridge. He penned many excellent how-to books on the game (including Card Play Technique, with Nico Gardner) but it is as a humorist, and the author of Bridge in the Menagerie and its sequels, that he is best remembered.<\/em><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Mollo\u2019s Bridge in the Menagerie is on any list of the all-time top ten books on the game. 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