Handful of Summers

Gordon Forbes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

330 Seiten

1997 | First ed.
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-55821-567-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The hilarious, classic memoir of the international tennis circuit."A Handful of Summers" is a delightfully uninhibited insider's account of tennis on the international circuit in the fifties and sixties -- both on and off court -- in the glory days of Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, and Virginia Wade.Forbes begins with his childhood on a farm in South Africa, where he learned to play tennis on a gravel court. His game takes him to Europe, as a South African Davis Cup player, and finally to Wimbledon. Along the way he cavorts with extraordinary characters among the world-class players, including a young Billy Jean King and Rod Laver -- and their tales, and his, shine throughout this irresistibly witty memoir. A cult classic among tennis aficionados when it was first published in the United States, it is a current bestseller in South Africa.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Guilford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 127 x 203 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tennis
• ISBN-10: 1-55821-567-0 / 1558215670
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55821-567-2 / 9781558215672
• Zustand: Neuware