The Tennis Partner

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love and in each other. But when the dark beast that is David's addiction emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened. Compassionate and moving, The Tennis Player is an unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive.

Product details

• Authors: Abraham Verghese, Verghese Abraham
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.05.1999
• EAN: 9780099735014
• ISBN: 978-0-09-973501-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Texas, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Coping with death & bereavement, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relationships: friends / peer groups, Coping with death and bereavement, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, tennis; texas; cutting for stone