The Tournament: Text Classics
(Paperback, New edition)
Publishing Details
The Tournament: Text Classics
By (Author) John Clarke
Introduction by Michael Heyward
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
30th October 2017
New edition
Australia
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
280
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 29mm
214g
Description
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 eraFrom all corners theyve come, the stars of the modern game. What a line-up!
The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Einsteins seeded fourth. Chaplin, Freud and van Gogh are also in the top rankings. World number one is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 of the worlds most creative playerseveryone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanelare going to fight it out until the exhilarating final on centre court.
First published in 2002, John Clarkes The Tournament is a brilliant, bizarre comic novel. This new Text Classics edition features an introduction by Michael Heyward.
Reviews
What Peter Ustinov once did for Grand Prix motor racing, The Tournament does for tennis and world culture combined. -- Clive James
A brilliant invention from a national treasure. * Daily Telegraph *
Game, set, match and championship: J. Clarke. * Australian Book Review *
Ingenious flair for encapsulating a writer, artist or thinker in a few sentencesA funny, clever book. * Washington Post *
A genius-touched tour de farceA wondrously comic tumult of personalities, anachronisms, jokes. * Kirkus Reviews *
An affable book full of the hubbub and potential hilarity of high and other culture translated to the domain where things get serious: sport. -- Australian
Author Bio
John Clarke was born in New Zealand. He was and remains one of Australias best known and most loved faces on TV. A comedian, writer and actor, his appearances included the famous Fred Dagg character, The Gillies Report and The Games. Johns books include A Dagg at My Table, The Howard Miracle and The 7.56 Report. His only novel, The Tournament, was published in the UK and the US to great critical acclaim. John Clarke died in 2017.
