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Writer Alexander Tilney On What Squash And Tennis Can Teach Each Other
Writer Alexander Tilney On What Squash And Tennis Can Teach Each Other
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Alex Tilney, author of The Expectations, joins his longtime friend and occasional racquet-sports opponent Carl Bialik to talk about how squash figures in both his novel and an exclusive slice of American society, why substituting tennis for squash would have made for a very different tale, and what tennis and squash can learn from each other about keeping spectators entertained. Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."
Released:
Sep 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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