The Tournament

Name: The Tournament
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ISBN: 9781925603187

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John Clarke, Michael Heyward

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English

Text Publishing Company
30 October 2017

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

John Clarke's only novel, one of the most brilliant comic minds to ever come out of Australia and New Zealand.

The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Einstein's seeded fourth. Chaplin, Freud and van Gogh are also in the top rankings. World number one is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 of the world's most creative players - everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanel - are going to fight it out until the exhilarating final on centre court. First published in 2002, John Clarke's The Tournament is a brilliant, bizarre comic novel.

By: John Clarke
Introduction by: Michael Heyward
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 214g
ISBN: 9781925603187
ISBN 10: 1925603180
Publication Date: 30 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Tournament: Text Classics

‘What Peter Ustinov once did for Grand Prix motor racing, The Tournament does for tennis and world culture combined.’ -- Clive James ‘A brilliant invention from a national treasure.’ * Daily Telegraph * ‘Game, set, match and championship: J. Clarke.’ * Australian Book Review * ‘Ingenious flair for encapsulating a writer, artist or thinker in a few sentences…A funny, clever book.’ * Washington Post * ‘A genius-touched tour de farce…A wondrously comic tumult of personalities, anachronisms, jokes.’ * Kirkus Reviews * ‘An affable book full of the hubbub and potential hilarity of high and other culture translated to the domain where things get serious: sport.’ -- Australian