β Scribed by Clarke, John
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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...From all corners they've come, the stars of the modern game. What a line-up!
The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Einstein's seeded fourth. Chaplin, Freud and van Gogh are also in the top rankings. World number one is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 of the world's most creative playersβeveryone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanelβare going to fight it out until the exhilarating final on centre court. First published in 2002, John Clarke's The Tournament is a brilliant, bizarre comic novel. This new Text Classics edition will feature an introduction by...
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