{"product_id":"the-racket-paperback-by-conor-niland","title":"The Racket: --Paperback Ð by Conor Niland","description":"\u003chr aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"a-divider-normal bucketDivider\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSandycove (6 June 2024)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e320 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1844886417\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1844886418\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e320 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.4 x 2.4 x 23.4 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit. Warts and all.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJudy Murray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for tennis.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEd Caesar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A really wonderful read ... Conor Niland has delivered an all-timer for tennis and sports journalism' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAshlee Vance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Conor Niland may only have managed a career-high ranking of 129 – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eonly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e? that is some achievement in itself! Ð but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Racket,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e his account of how he managed this, is up there with the best half-dozen books on tennis ever written.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Genuinely such a brilliant book, a brilliant read’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCiarán Murphy, Second Captains Podcast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the best Irish sports books of the last decade’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKieran Shannon, Irish Examiner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e----\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConor Niland knows what it's like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'Ciao, bonjour, hello!'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the world's biggest tennis stadium - while suffering from food poisoning. But he never reached the very top.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Racket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story of pro tennis's 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments. It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players - travelling with coaches and physios - share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. Painting a vivid picture of the social dynamics on tour, the economics of the game, and the shadows cast by gambling and doping, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Racket\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a witty and revealing underdog's memoir and a unique look inside a fascinating hidden world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e----\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Blending a passion for his chosen sport with a realistic study of the traumas of the tour,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Racket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a brilliant insight from Ireland’s greatest ever tennis player.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This will rightly join the list of The Best Irish Sports Books Ever Written. A superb insight into professional tennis from the ground up' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePaul Howard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I ate this book up ... reveals the sacrifices, commitment and decidedly unglamorous side of life on the tennis circuit'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSinead Moriarty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Unsparing in his depiction of the drudgery of tennis’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMike Jakeman, The Spectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Compelling’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTennis365.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant book, I inhaled it'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJonathan Drennan, Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Devoured it in a day ... I've read many tennis autobiographies: this is one of the very best'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCharles Arthur, Journalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sure to become a must read of the tennis literature canon'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePaul Perry, author and academic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Witty and insightful … an homage to the game he clearly still loves’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAnna Carey, Irish Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An honest and droll memoir from the top-ranked Irish male player of the Open Era to have spent his career \"reliant on Tennis Ireland\"’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLaura Slattery, Irish Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"entopia","offers":[{"title":"New \/ entopia","offer_id":45010070241350,"sku":"B0156T","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8325\/1014\/files\/91GWMWXbs3L._SL1500.jpg?v=1778918723","url":"https:\/\/entopia.shop\/products\/the-racket-paperback-by-conor-niland","provider":"entopia.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}