On Being John McEnroe

Terrific…On one level, it’s about the author’s fascination with a tennis player. But it’s much more than this; it’s a book about how the world has changed in our lifetime – William Leith * New Statesman *A beautiful little book * Daily Express *Tim Adams is one of the best of our new sportswriters * Observer *Inspiringly in touch with what McEnroe was and what he meant – Giles Smith * Daily Telegraph *

Tim Adams has been an editor at Granta and literary editor of the Observer, where he now writes full-time. An occasional tennis correspondent and scratchy parks player, he once lost in straight sets to Martin Amis and served a whole game of double faults to Annabel Croft. He lives in London.