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Scott and the best tenniswriter of all time new york times, in a deluxe hardcover collectors edition. String theory, david foster wallace on tennis by david. This is a working draft and is currently a set of personal notes. A library of america special publication by david foster wallace at indigo. String theory gathers the brainy, witty tennis writing.
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