- Tennis, Tennis literature, New York Times bestseller
Collects essays about tennis in which the author challenges the sports memoir genre, profiles two of the world's greatest players, and shares his own experiences in his youth as a regionally ranked tennis player.
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- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- David Foster Wallace
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 148
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781598534801
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