Description: A doctor recalls his friendship with his student and tennis partner, who fell into decline because of drug abuse. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
Synopsis A doctor recalls his friendship with his student and tennis partner, who fell into decline because of drug abuse. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
Details
Publication Date:
1999-10-01
Size
Length:
345 pages
Height:
8.3 in
Width:
5.5 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
10.2 oz
Publisher's Note This moving memoir of a friendship between two doctors is what "Time" called "a brave and heart-baring story. . . . It will speak to anyone who has looked with his heart instead of his eyes."
Industry Reviews "'The Tennis Partner' supersedes any memoir I've ever read." Advertisement - Kaye Gibbons
"A brave and heart-baring story....Verghese writes with searching lucidity." Time - Pico Iyer
"Verghese's style is understated and admirably free of psychobabble, and the narrative is as laudable for what it leaves out as for what it covers." Purdum
"Indelible and haunting...an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost." Iyer