John McEnroe: Rebel Without Applause

by Ian Adams

Mac the Mouth, the Incredible Sulk...Superbrat. John McEnroe, 1981 Champion of Wimbledon, enfant terrible of the game and the most controversial sporting figure for decades.

He's the master of service without a smile, the most widely abused and consistently misunderstood, misjudged and mysterious figure to court triumph for years. The menace of tennis and the master of disaster. He's the man who made Wimbledon choke on its gin and tonics and soured the cream on the strawberries.

John McEnroe is also the world's most devastatingly brilliant and riveting tennis player - with more guts, steel, verve and nerve than anyone else in the racket. Super, brat.

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Ian Adams is an Anglican priest and founder of mayBe, a new monastic community in Oxford. A popular speaker, he is the creator of Morning Bell, a daily call to prayer sent by e-mail, text, and Twitter. He lives in South Devon, England.