But Seriously: An Autobiography

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Then again, very few successful sports stars have ever matched the emotional investment that McEnroe puts into his tennis. Luckily, I managed to rescue it from his estate but I didn’t put it up on my wall as it wasn’t very good.

John McEnroe is the voice of a masturbatory, hyper-self and his pathological ethos lends itself well to Generation Shit. John McEnroe, apart from being one of the most successful tennis players ever, is most famous for his appalling behaviour. After the brick wall of the junior high in grade school and against my brother in the street, I got bit by the tennis bug early on.McEnroe comes off as very self-centred – there are all manner of justifications in this book for his many temper tantrums and outspokenness on the tennis court.

What would you do to shake up British tennis/ American tennis/Australian tennis, Mac (select according to the hosting country)?There are, but as this second autobiography shows, it’s usually just the first act reworked in a new setting. In this memoir he reflects on his playing years but also on his life since, developing new careers in broadcasting and art dealing, and bringing up a large family. Today I’m stepping safely back into my bookish comfort zone, albeit with a tennis-y feel: I finally got around to reading John McEnroe’s autobiography Serious.