About the Author

Gordon Forbes played tennis for the South African Davis Cup team in the 1950s and early 1960s and returned to the circuit as a writer and observer.

Reviews

‘The funniest tennis book ever written’
THE TIMES ‘Rollicking, outrageous, raucous and riveting – I laughed my head off’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

This is a lighthearted, humorous look at the professional tennis tour from a former player who was on the South Africa Davis Cup Team in the 1960s. In this, his second book about professional tennis (the first being A Handful of Summers, LJ 5/15/79), Forbes draws on his memories and observations to describe the players and tour in New York, Paris, Rome, and London in the 1950s through the 1990s. As a former player and a knowledgeable spectator, he brings a depth of understanding to the sport. However, this is not the book to read for a look at life in South Africa in the last 40 years. In fact, Forbes seems blissfully unaware of any political or racial problems there. Overall, as a book of memories this is mildly entertaining and humorous. Buy for demand.‘J. Sara Paulk, Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.

'The funniest tennis book ever written'
THE TIMES

'Rollicking, outrageous, raucous and riveting - I laughed my head off'
SUNDAY EXPRESS