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The Outsider: My Autobiography
Jimmy Connors
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Description for The Outsider: My Autobiography
Paperback. The author took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid from the wrong side of the tracks, he was prepared to battle for every point, to shout and scream until he was heard, and he didn't care whom he upset in doing so. He was brash, he was a brat. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid from the wrong side of the tracks, he was prepared to battle for every point, to shout and scream until he was heard, and he didn't care whom he upset in doing so. He was brash, he was a brat. He was a crowd-pleaser, a revolutionary. And he won more tournaments - an astonishing 109 - than any other man in history, including eight Grand Slam singles titles.
Only now is Connors ready to set the record straight ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552166416
SKU
V9780552166416
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About Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors was born in 1952 and grew up in East St Louis, Illinois, learning his tennis under the tutelage of his mother Gloria. He became Under-16 national champion and won a scholarship to UCLA, but after winning the Inter-Collegiate Singles title, quit his studies in January 1972 to turn pro. He won his first major title in the ... Read more
Reviews for The Outsider: My Autobiography
An engrossing five-setter, with intense exchanges and no tiebreakers... Like the individualists Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Pete Rose and Chuck Berry, Connors was authentic. The book reflects that swagger.
New York Times
Eye-poppingly indiscreet: The Outsider makes most sports autobiographies feel like very tepid affairs in comparison.
Daily Mail
Exhilarating... served up at full pelt, as ... Read more
New York Times
Eye-poppingly indiscreet: The Outsider makes most sports autobiographies feel like very tepid affairs in comparison.
Daily Mail
Exhilarating... served up at full pelt, as ... Read more