{"product_id":"underspin-e-y-zhao-9781529961478","title":"Underspin","description":"'An electric debut' Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of Four Treasures of the Sky\n'Zhao's prose is a marvel' Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope\nRyan Lo begins playing table tennis at age eight. His brilliant but ruthless coach sees a talent in him that might be nurtured into greatness.\nThrough an adolescence marked by hours of practice, matches away from home, clandestine relationships and a determination to win, Ryan ascends to the highest echelons of the game, just as he was supposed to.\nBut here he is now, dead before his twenty-fifth birthday, leaving grief and confusion in his wake.\nRyan Lo was meant to be great. What happened?\nUnderspin delves beneath the pressure that forges a champion, and the vulnerability that makes a coming of age: the crackling intensity of a match, the push and pull of first love, and the great injustices committed within our closest relationships.\n'An unconventional and stylish portrait of a table tennis wunderkind . . . this book will immerse you in its high-stakes world until the very last page' Alina Grabowski, author of Women and Children First","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305873670432,"sku":"9781529961478","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529961478_2445461.jpg?v=1772766267","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/underspin-e-y-zhao-9781529961478","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}