STRING THEORY: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE ON TENNIS

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 lovedas 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 commerceat 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.