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Double Fault
Sporting Goods > Tennis > Tennis Books > Item 55
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Double Fault
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by Lionel Shriver
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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st ed edition
July 14, 1997
Language: English
ISBN:
0385488300
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds.
From Library Journal
A marriage wrecked on the shoals of ambition is the theme of Shriver's intriguing sixth novel (The Female of the Species, LJ 2/15/87). When 23-year-old Willy Novinsky meets and marries Eric Oberdorfer, she's a rising professional tennis star and he's a Princeton graduate who just plays for the love of the game. As Eric's tennis prowess increases and his ranking in the men's professional circuit rises, Willy suffers an injury and then a loss of confidence, both of which cause her rankings to plummet. Willy must decide whether her love for her husband is greater than her desire for a number-one ranking in women's tennis and how much she will sacrifice to achieve her goal. Shriver's challenge here is to convince the reader to empathize with Willy, despite her unattractive behavior and misguided choices. Shriver is a talented enough writer to win over some readers, but many will quickly lose patience with Willy and want to tell her to simply grow up and set her priorities straight. Recommended for public libraries.?Nancy Pearl, Washington Ctr. for the Book, Seattle
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The New York Times Book Review, Michael Mewshaw
While a less ambitious author might have taken Willy's plight and turned it into an uplifting tale about overcoming adversity or exchanging failure for a caring, sharing relationship, Shriver explores the obsessive side of Willy's character and confronts some disconcerting truths that defy a pat, politically correct resolution.
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