String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication

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 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. Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction.

• | Author: David Foster Wallace
• | Publisher: Library of America
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 158 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1598534807
• | ISBN-13: 9781598534801