The Tournament: A Novel of the 20th Century
- ISBN-10
- 1401398634
- ISBN-13
- 9781401398637
- Series
- The Tournament
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09-10
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Author
- John Clarke
Description
A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament. "If you didn't know better you'd think this city had gone crazy. The streets of Paris are full of celebrities and media, and out at the stadium the crowds are already huge as players pound the practice courts in preparation for the greatest tournament of the modern era. At the airport, where they've opened three more runways and put on extra staff, players and officials have been arriving like migrating birds. From all corners they've come, the stars of the modern game. What a line-up!" --from The Tournament The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Albert Einstein is seeded fourth, Chaplin, Freud, and van Gogh are in the top rankings, and seeded first is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 players--everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanel--are going to fight it out until the exhilarating final match on center court. The Tournament is a funny, strange, and beguiling book in which, game by game and match by match, the world's most creative thinkers put their tennis skills to the ultimate test. And if you read carefully, you'll be set for life--having learned the cultural history of the 20th century!
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