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Harper
May 2013
On Sale: May 11, 2013
416 pages
ISBN: 0061242993
EAN: 9780061242991
Kindle: B009R4O718
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Non-Fiction Memoir
The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the
original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors
ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive
style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn
Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his
prolonged dedication to his craft that won him the public’s
adoration. He capped off one of the most remarkable runs in
tennis history at the age of 39 when he reached the
semifinals of the 1991 U.S. Open, competing against players
half his age. More than just the story of a tennis
champion, The Outsider is the uncensored account of
Connors' life, from his complicated relationship with his
formidable mother and his storybook romance with tennis
legend Chris Evert, to his battles with gambling and
fidelity that threatened to derail his career and his
long-lasting marriage to Playboy playmate Patti
McGuire. When he retired from tennis twenty
years ago, Connors all but disappeared from public view. In
The Outsider, he is back at the top of his game,
and as feisty, outspoken, and defiant as ever. This
autobiography includes original color photographs from the
author.
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