Levels of the Game
| Author | : John McPhee |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2011-04-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780374708658 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0374708657 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Levels of the Game by : John McPhee
Download or read book Levels of the Game written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levels of the Game is John McPhee's astonishing account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968. It begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games. "This may be the high point of American sports journalism"- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times
