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Meet the ten best tennis players in the world, a group of ruthless competitors who probe one another's weaknesses on the court but are loyal comrades off it - a band of brothers who know how to work,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
ISBN:0445040750
ISBN13:9780445040755
Release Date:January 1977
Publisher:Popular Library c.1975 p.1977
Length:542 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A truly wonderful read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I first read this book almost 18 years ago as a teenager. I can honestly say, that this one book, more than any other, taught me about life and it's little miracles. Gloriously written, with it's heart absolutely in the right place. I was able to procure a weatherbeaten copy of this book from a library that was discarding used books, and I still read the book today. Especially, when I need a little reminder or pick me up that things can always get better.
Classic coming-of-age novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I've read this book over and over (in fact I'm traveling and in the midst of Wimbledon I'm desperate to read it again). A wonderful story that illuminates the history of pro tennis -- but you don't have to care about tennis in the least because it's the characters that are so absorbing. I'm still waiting for my "Christopher."What's stuck with me -- and, apparently, with other people who have reviewed this somewhat obscure novel -- is the defining morals and character of the "people" in the book. They are incredibly real to me. They remind -- or teach -- the reader that honor is attainable, graceful, worth reaching for even at great personal sacrifice. A great, great novel. It's obscurity, I guess, is due to the tennis theme...but even if I didn't like tennis I'd love this book.
Proffessional Tennis/ Life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
One of the great fiction sport books, with characters that you wish you could meet. Inspiring and memorable in every way. It's a terrible shame that this great book is out of print.
Life inspiring, generation bridging, optimism.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
There is one tune that you could hear over and over. There may be a film you can see again and again. This is the book you will read and reread. A little blunt and dated, still you will not put it down in the middle and you will be reading it again soon. It is a book about tennis that those who abhore sport will love. It is a book about love that detesters of mushy love-stories will return to with pleasure. It dexcribes ideas, ideals, values and dreams. Characters create a strong sense of desire to identify with them. For more than 20 years this has remained the book that has influenced my values most and the only book I have read more than twice. Read it.. you will not read it only once.
1 of my all time favorite books, inspriational,entertaining
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Great story about the world of tennis, but more about people working towards a dream and what they are willing to do to acheive it. A wonderful story about honor, courage, humor, love and freindship. Highly recommended. I read it every time I feel down.
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