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Vancouver Book Club: Lee Henderson's The Man Game illustrations - Part 4

The current selection in the Vancouver Book Club is Lee Henderson's award winning book, The Man Game , and we'll be hosting Lee for a chat this coming Wednesday, May 25 at 7pm at the historic Vancouver Park Board office in Stanley Park (directions HE

The current selection in the Vancouver Book Club is Lee Henderson's award winning book, The Man Game, and we'll be hosting Lee for a chat this coming Wednesday, May 25 at 7pm at the historic Vancouver Park Board office in Stanley Park (directions HERE). This is a free event where we're inviting all of you who have read this great book to come down and have an intimate talk with the author for a couple of hours.

In the few days leading up we're sharing the entire collection of original illustrations that Lee drew to illustrate the different moves in the actual Man Game he dreamed up!

Figure 10.1

Cherry Tree Clutch, alternative sketch

Figure 12.1

The Handshake

So often misinterpreted by novices as a lampooning of formality, a veteran player reads his opponent carefully in that last peaceful salutation before the brutality begins.

Figure 12.2

The Flywheel, aka the Tonearm

Fully extended is the ideal position for both arms, but rarely can it be sustained for an entire revolution. A player must be sure that when he releases his opponent after the complete turn he has not allowed the man to get a grip on him.

Figure 12.3

The Dirty Penny

It is in our appreciation a the barbarism, the irrational genius, that we see how the man game has reinvented the wheel.

Figure 12.4

The Ballpeen Hammer

This powerful move will ring soundly familiar to all the men working for the CPR on the railroad.

Figure 12.5

Double Cobras

Two skilled players must continue to spin three-sixties on their shoulder blades while each man attempts to knock his opponent off balance by slashing at him viperishly with the nails a his big toes.

Figure 13.1

The Pisk, alternative sketch, moment of release

Figure 13.2

The Campbell, alternative sketch

Don't miss the FREE Vancouver Book Club meeting with Lee Henderson on Wednesday, May 25 at 7pm at the historic Vancouver Park Board office in Stanley Park! Click HERE for directions.