Paddlehands

The unbelievable true story of the greatest Ping-Pong rivalry in Bayonne High School history.

Entering his senior year at BHS, Brian Canever had only two items left on his teenage bucket list. First, to kiss a girl. And then, to make history.

Standing in his way was Eddy Fink, the undefeated champion who, among the members of the school’s Ping-Pong club, was known simply as “Paddlehands.” After Fink ruthlessly demolished the author's best friends in the lead-up to the final tournament of their high school lives, Canever stepped to the championship table knowing full well what was on the line.

When his promising plan backfired, he languished for nearly two decades before making a harrowing decision: to call his rival back from the dead and meet one last time inside the musty BHS gymnasium.

Recounted with sincerity and wit, Paddlehands is a coming-of-age epic that will have readers scouring Facebook to resurrect their own childhood adversaries in the hope of settling old scores and, once and for all, being crowned king.