ON BEING JOHN MCENROE

Book ID/图书代码： 11340004B04551

English Summary/英文概要： A fan’s-eye-view of one of tennis’ most notorious stars.
The greatest sports stars characterize their times. They also help to tell us who we are. John McEnroe, at his best and worst, encapsulated the story of the eighties. His improvised quest for tennis perfection and his inability to find a way to grow up dramatized the volatile self-absorption of a generation. His matches were open therapy sessions and they allowed us all to be armchair shrinks.
Tim Adams sets out to explore what it might have meant to be John McEnroe during those times and to define exactly what it is we want from our sporting heroes: how we require them to play out our own dramas; how the best of them provide an intensity that we can measure our own lives by.
Talking to McEnroe, his friends and rivals, and drawing on a range of references, Tim Adams presents a book that is both a portrait of the most colourful player ever to pick up a racket and an original study of the idea of sporting obsession.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 伟大的体育明星往往体现了他们所处时代的特征，从他们身上我们可以看到自己的影子。约翰-麦肯罗就是这样的运动员，他的优点和缺点代表了80年代的那代人：对于完美技艺的即兴追求，然而却无法找到一条成长的路。作者探索了，对于麦氏本人和我们大家，成为麦肯罗到底意味着什么。作者认为，我们希望明星演绎我们心仪的故事，我们希望明星提供衡量我们自己生活的尺子。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Tim Adams has been an editor of Granta and the Literary Editor of the Observer where he now writes full time -- occasionally as a tennis correspondent. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

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