Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

I finished Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis two days ago. Fatsis (whose most recent book A Few Seconds of Panic I read earlier in the year) spent most of 1999 and some of 2000 immersed in the world of competitive Scrabble and attempted to become an expert himself. We learn the history of the game and many of the strange denizens of the competitive Scrabble world. It's a good read about a rather bizarre subject, but if you like words and like Scrabble, it's worth a look.