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商品説明：＜p＞“An ace of a novel, an ace of a writer.” ー＜strong＞Tom Franklin＜/strong＞, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter＜br＞ ＜br＞ ＜br＞ ＜em＞Red Dirt＜/em＞ is the story of Jaxie Skinner, an unlikely professional tennis player from a blue-collar family in the sticks of rural Georgia who takes up the game at the age of three when his father scrapes a court out of the red clay behind their farmhouse. He is a natural, rising to the top of junior tennis, and at eighteen has great success at the French Open. He falls as quickly as he rose, however, when troubles back home and injuries arise. He quits the game for years, but then mounts a comeback, struggling for almost a decade in the unglamorous, low-paying minor leagues of tennis, often living out of his van, before getting one last big shot. A fasci...続きはお店の商品ページにてご確認ください。