<DIV>Ping-pong, played around the world by over 250 million people, cast a hypnotic spell on Jerome Charyn&#8217;s childhood imagination. Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins portrays the great pongistes and includes photos and interviews with table tennis legends Marty &#8220;The Needle&#8221; Reisman and Dick Miles. From ping-pong detente in China to the underground bars of New York City, Charyn details the sport&#8217;s history while capturing the intellect, excitement, and anarchic spirit of ping-pong&#8217;s golden age. This offbeat and entertaining chronicle of one of the world&#8217;s quirkier Olympic sports is presented in a completely redesigned trade paper edition. &#8220;Table tennis can now add to its two certified American superstar players a certified American superstar chronicler &#8212; The New York Times &#8220;Both an informed history and an intimate memoir.... [Charyn&#8217;s] book is a giddy delight and a sweet elegy.&#8221; &#8212; The Los Angeles Times Book Review</DIV>