A review by victoriac
The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise by David Kushner

Thanks to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC of this book. I’ve had this ARC for quite a while, thinking it would be like so many of the other non-fiction titles I’ve read about the early days of the Internet. Once I finally started the book, I was disappointed that I had waited so long. It kept me turning pages and I finished in only a day or two. What a fascinating story, not only about the emergence of the World Wide Web (which I personally remember) but about the personalities of the two main characters. They were very different but yet weirdly similar people, engaged in a furious and all-consuming battle. The book was well-written and researched and engaging.