Levels of the Game
by John McPhee
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Tim Ferriss and Daniel Pink
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss, Most Recommended Books, and Sports.
Described by Robert Lipsyte as 'the high point of American sports journalism', John McPhee's Levels of the Game, nominally about a tennis match between two of the greats of tennis history, redefined what it meant to be a sports writer. Written by fourtimes finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, Levels of the Game is the best tennis book ...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss, Most Recommended Books, and Sports.
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“EXCELLENT book! | I love. | One of my very, very favorite books ever. | One of the best books by John McPhee I?ve read.”
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