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Paddlehands

The Most Epic and Absurd Ping-Pong Story Ever Told

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Paddlehands

By: Brian Gabriel Canever
Narrated by: Brian Gabriel Canever
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The unbelievable true story of the greatest Ping-Pong rivalry in Bayonne High School history.

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

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

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

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

©2025 Brian Gabriel Canever (P)2025 Brian Gabriel Canever

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