Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
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