An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of
David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott)
and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times)
Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are
David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force
pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive
enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he
loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers
a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin's memoir; considers the
artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the
threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and
recalls his own career as a near-great junior player.
Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an
introduction.