String Theory

Edited and introduced by Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan, here is a deluxe volume of the complete works of David Foster Wallace on tennis. In this collection are five pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm: one recalling his own career as a near-great junior player; one exploring the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; one exploring how he resisted commercialism at the U. S. Open; one celebrating the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; and one offering a wickedly witty dissection of Tracy Austins memoir. Leading tennis journalist Michael Mewshaw provides commentary on each piece at the end of the book.