Book Bites: Levels of the Game

Levels of the Game by John McPhee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Levels of the Game is masterful sportswriting. Through McPhee’s telling, Arthur Ashe’s US Open Semifinal match against Clark Grabner wasn’t just a tennis match but a battle of archetypes; old versus new, black versus white, liberal versus conservative. The action is propulsive and McPhee wisely uses backstory as a highlighter.

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