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The Whirl

by Andre Agassi
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What’s heaven to seven-year-old Andre Agassi? To never play tennis again. Yet his father has other plans. Mike Agassi was born in Iran, where Allied soldiers gave him a racket after the war and introduced him to the game. He shaves without soap or cream, boxed in the Olympics, and speaks five languages. The sixth is tennis. And his greatest dream is for his son to become number one in the world. A selection from the acclaimed autobiography Open, this is the tumultuous first confrontation between father and son, between the lines of the court: a searching portrait of Agassi before fame and success.
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Series: A Vintage Short Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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  • Release date: September 1, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781101971314
  • File size: 1147 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781101971314
  • File size: 1147 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2015

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Biography & Autobiography Sports & Recreations Nonfiction

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English

What’s heaven to seven-year-old Andre Agassi? To never play tennis again. Yet his father has other plans. Mike Agassi was born in Iran, where Allied soldiers gave him a racket after the war and introduced him to the game. He shaves without soap or cream, boxed in the Olympics, and speaks five languages. The sixth is tennis. And his greatest dream is for his son to become number one in the world. A selection from the acclaimed autobiography Open, this is the tumultuous first confrontation between father and son, between the lines of the court: a searching portrait of Agassi before fame and success.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Sports & Recreations Nonfiction