![]() ![]() There's a dragon, Agassi's term for the oversize ball machine his father, Mike, forces the boy to hit thousands of balls against with soul-deadening regularity. Moehringer, has the same urgency, primarily because Agassi has abandoned the familiar past tense of most books and employed the present tense - a breakneck speed that implicitly says move on, move on.Ĭall it a confessional fairy tale. In his new autobiography, "Open," he writes, "I spent my childhood in an isolation chamber, my teen years in a torture chamber." Even as he becomes a venerated star, he can't wait for his matches to end.Īs a player Agassi was notable for striking the ball exceptionally early and hard, a rare combination that if properly executed smothers opponents. Knopf 386 pages $28.95)įor all the joy Andre Agassi brought to tennis fans, he stresses repeatedly how much he hates tennis. An Autobiography By Andre Agassi ( Alfred A. ![]()
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