Yasunari Kawabata: The Master of Go [2006] paperback ZNATU Ex-Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton

Ex-Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton knows more than his fair share about keeping going

and of those who pass in the street outside

and even those closest to her

'Right up there among my favourite books

each puzzle helps to keep the brain sharp

Yasunari Kawabata: The Master of Go [2006] paperback ZNATU Ex-Special Forces soldier Ollie OllertonGo is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, it is an essential expression of the Japanese sensibility. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and invincible Master and a younger, more progressive challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial Japan met