A Collection of Backgammon Essays from Jake Jacobs

Jake Jacobs is a well-known writer of backgammon books and other reading materials. He does not write books about such casino game but he also writes articles for various backgammon magazines or periodicals. Even before Jake Jacobs started writing the backgammon book "Can a Fish Taste Twice as Good?," he has already written a number of articles about backgammon that he never published in any periodical. And by the time he has finished and released "Can a Fish Taste Twice as Good?," Jake Jacobs has already written a lot of backgammon articles that he thought of creating a collection of backgammon articles and releasing them in a single backgammon book. The result of this is his book titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point." "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" does not only contain never-before-published articles on backgammon but Jake Jacobs makes it a point that he has included introductions for each of the articles.

From the title itself, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point," readers would have a clue that this backgammon book is not only inspiring and insightful but it is also humorous. Such features of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" make this backgammon book an interesting one.

The cover of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" features Jake Jacobs while on top of an elephant. This backgammon book costs US$36.00 in the United States but it is also available in bookstores located in other parts of the world.

The back cover of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" features comments of several fans of Jake Jacobs. Among his fans who provide comments on "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" and the writing style of Jake Jacobs in general are Carol Joy Cole, Howard Ring, Don Jayhan, and Danny Kleinman. Kleinman says in his comment that he has succeeded in inspiring Jake Jacobs in writing backgammon books and other reading materials about such casino game. Kleinman also says that being able to inspire Jake Jacobs that way is definitely one of the former's biggest achievements in the backgammon world and in the gambling industry in general.

Of course, if Jake Jacobs has fans, he also has critics. And among the critics that have provided comments on "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Four-Point" and the writing style of Jake Jacobs in general are Yamin Yamin and the editors of the periodical "Penthouse."