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Wilkin, Gregory

 
9781475955095: The Rabbit's Suffering Changes: Based on the True Story of Bunny Austin, the Last British Man-Until Murray-to Play in the Finals of Wimbledon
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ISBN 10 : 147595509X ISBN 13 : 9781475955095
Editeur : iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

What does a father owe a son and a son a father? How can a marriage survive adultery? Is pacifism feasible? Is fame any good? How much does winning matter? How do you shake a Soviet agent who's trying to ruin you and your family? Before Gregory Wilkin finishes dealing with such questions, something unusual happens in his venturesome first novel, The Rabbit's Suffering Changes. It turns from biographical fiction, a kind of homage to Evelyn Waugh (Wilkin gives him a bit part), into something like gonzo journalism (a seeming homage to David Foster Wallace), both halves combining to tell the largely unknown true story of Bunny Austin, the last British man-until Murray in 2012-to play in the finals of Wimbledon. Bunny's plunge into obscurity in the late thirties, after reaching worldwide fame and marrying a famous actress, was something he chose himself, giving up his tennis career-just when he was finally the favorite to win Wimbledon-to work for an obscure interfaith NGO called Moral Re-Armament. Wilkin's novel brings the reader this experience of conversion, reaching out for a new level of honesty, for that's what Bunny did and that's what he hoped for from his loved ones, with dramatically mixed results.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What does a father owe a son and a son a father? How can a marriage survive adultery? Is pacifism feasible? Is fame any good? How much does winning matter? How do you shake a Soviet agent who's trying to ruin you and your family? Before Gregory Wilkin finishes dealing with such questions, something unusual happens in his venturesome first novel, The Rabbit's Suffering Changes. It turns from biographical fiction, a kind of homage to Evelyn Waugh (Wilkin gives him a bit part), into something like gonzo journalism (a seeming homage to David Foster Wallace), both halves combining to tell the largely unknown true story of Bunny Austin, the last British man-until Murray in 2012-to play in the finals of Wimbledon. Bunny's plunge into obscurity in the late thirties, after reaching worldwide fame and marrying a famous actress, was something he chose himself, giving up his tennis career-just when he was finally the favorite to win Wimbledon-to work for an obscure interfaith NGO called Moral Re-Armament. Wilkin's novel brings the reader this experience of conversion, reaching out for a new level of honesty, for that's what Bunny did and that's what he hoped for from his loved ones, with dramatically mixed results.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gregory Wilkin graduated from Yale and earned a PhD from the University of Toronto. His most recent short fiction appeared in the Northwest Review and the St. Katherine Review. A PTR-certified tennis professional, Wilkin teaches English at Phillips Academy, Andover.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
147595509X
ISBN 13 
9781475955095
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
230
Coordonnées du fabricant
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