Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was the famed author of On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It, an unappreciated Canadian classic for which he received too little praise, not enough media coverage, and far too little attention from adoring female fans. On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It is an in-depth analysis of all aspects of snooker, from the cue ball to the brown ball to the green ball to the blue ball...let's see... to the black ball to the yellow ball, to even the pink ball, and also to all the red balls, not to mention cues of different weights, chalk, rules, and an in-depth analysis of hundreds of kinds of racks. On Snooker: The Game and the Characters Who Play It truly proved Richler's deep undertanding of complex issues such as emp