{"product_id":"9781598534801","title":"String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn 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” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathered 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43300023533629,"sku":"9781598534801","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781598534801_p0.jpg?v=1782565244","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781598534801","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}