Jay Jennings
Auteur van Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game
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As an Arkansas resident, and someone that is very familiar with Little Rock and much of the history contained in the book, I found the subject matter, at times intriguing and at times irritating. The author certainly has an almost pathological hatred for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette that makes many of his observations suspect. By and large, however, he is relatively objective and gives a good, solid history of both the events of 1957 as well as racial events as far back as the 1920s while detailing the 2007 football season that makes up the bulk of the story. While I enjoyed the narrative, I wasn’t terribly impressed with the writing style and eventually tired of the dialogue that he attributes to head coach Bernie Cox. Seriously, how many repetitive pre-game and post-practice speeches can you digest before you’ve had enough? I guess you have to include some filler if you want to consume 275 pages.
If you’re from Arkansas, you might enjoy the familiar subject matter. I can’t recommend it for anyone else.… (meer)