LOUIS SACHAR’S young-adult novel Holes spent more than 175 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, which sets a daunting commercial benchmark for the Austin author’s new effort, THE CARDTURNER. In a move that should deflate retailers’ expectations, Sachar has written a teen book about that most complex and ritualized card game: bridge. His protagonist is Alton Richards, a 17-year-old who, having lost his girlfriend to his best friend, has a summer’s worth of time on his hands. At his parents’ behest he agrees to work for his wealthy 76-year-old great-uncle Lester Trapp, a brilliant card player recently blinded by diabetes. Four times a week the youngster drives Trapp to the bridge studio and serves as his card turner, telling the sightless player his…
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