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Description for Double Fault
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
?Love me, love my game? says twenty-three year-old Willy Novinsky. Ever since she picked up a racquet at the age of four, tennis has been Willy?s one love, until the day she meets Eric Oberdorf. She?s a middle-ranked professional tennis player and he?s a Princeton graduate who took up playing tennis at the age of eighteen. Low-ranked but untested, Eric, too, aims to make his mark on the international tennis circuit. Willy beholds compatibility spiced with friendly rivalry, and discovers her first passion outside a tennis court. They marry. Married life starts well but animated shop talk and blissful ... Read more
?Love me, love my game? says twenty-three year-old Willy Novinsky. Ever since she picked up a racquet at the age of four, tennis has been Willy?s one love, until the day she meets Eric Oberdorf. She?s a middle-ranked professional tennis player and he?s a Princeton graduate who took up playing tennis at the age of eighteen. Low-ranked but untested, Eric, too, aims to make his mark on the international tennis circuit. Willy beholds compatibility spiced with friendly rivalry, and discovers her first passion outside a tennis court. They marry. Married life starts well but animated shop talk and blissful ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852429119
SKU
KTG0006337
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver's seventh novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, won the 2005 Orange Prize. Her other novels are: A Perfectly Good Family, Game Control, Ordinary Decent Criminals, Checker and the Derailleurs and The Female of the Species. She has also written for the Guardian, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Economist. She lives in London.
Reviews for Double Fault
"'An awesomely smart, stylish and pitiless achievement' Independent 'Taps into unspoken fears of maternal ambivalence that are not easily acknowledged and do not fit neatly into glossy magazine notions of female empowerment' Guardian Unlimited 'Harrowing, tense and thought-provoking, this is a vocal challenge to every accepted parenting manual you've ever read' Daily Mail 'An elegant psychological and philosophical investigation of ... Read more