{"product_id":"string-theory-david-foster-wallace-on-tennis-a-library-of-america-special-publication-hardcover","title":"String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Foster Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Jeremiah Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 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\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathered 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Foster Wallace \u003c\/b\u003e(1962-2008) was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where in his teens he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. His works include \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGirl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConsider the Lobster. \u003c\/i\u003eHis final novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pale King\u003c\/i\u003e, was posthumously published in 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Jeremiah Sullivan \u003c\/b\u003eis one of America's leading practitioners of the long-form magazine profile, with work appearing in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e(where he is a staff writer), \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003e(of which he is a contributing editor), \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, New York, Oxford American, GQ, \u003c\/i\u003eand other magazines. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Horses: Notes of Sportswriter's Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePulphead.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979067982125,"sku":"9781598534801","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bjF0VTMxZURQZkhjSExDV0toR1k1UT09.webp?v=1775818784","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/string-theory-david-foster-wallace-on-tennis-a-library-of-america-special-publication-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}