They scowl at the books along the floor, the books along the metal cabinet, the books along the coldwater basin. From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men. After reading it, andre collaborated with jr on his memoir, open. Moehringer, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and author of the tender bar, his own new york timesbestselling memoir. The new york times bestseller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. Read this book open by andre agassi words by matt dickinson. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man and his romance with a bar. Andre agassi often says in open that tennis is a lonely game.
Andre agassi played tennis professionally from 1986 to 2006. Nov 12, 2009 andre agassis new memoir, open, is an unusual addition to the shelves of jock autobiography. If andre agassis open is anything to go by, great tennis players begin to have minds like jr moehringer. Moehringer shares with host jams michael tyler, the moving story of. Open is about andre agassis life moehringer was the ghost writer. Published in 2005, when andre agassi read this book, he asked moehringer to collaborate with him the writing of his own memoir, open published last year, 2009. Sitting on the stoop, pressing an ear to the radio, j. Moehringer said that some of the book s best passages come almost line for line from the. Pdf open book by andre agassi free download 388 pages. Admittedly, the book is written by a ghostwriter, jr moehringer, but is based on hours of recordings by agassi himself.
Moehringer starts the book at the end of his tennis career, recounting with excruciating detail how he invigorates every muscle. After retired tennis star andre agassi read the tender bar, he asked moehringer to collaborate with him on his own memoir. Nov 19, 2009 if theres one thing andre agassi wants you to know about the game of tennis, its that he hates it. If andre agassi s open is anything to go by, great tennis players begin to have minds like jr moehringer. Andre agassi mentions this book in his autobiography and from what i can gather, the author of this book is one of his personal friends as a result of reading this book. Andre agassi is out and about promoting his new book, open. Nov 09, 2009 andre agassi is out and about promoting his new book, open. The new york times best seller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. You must be seeing that book prominently displayed in your john joseph moehringer born 1964 grew up in manhasset, new york. Moehringer wrote about his experience adopting a long island bar in the tender bar. Moehringer, who won a pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2000, agreed to a q and a. He is also the coauthor of andre agassis memoir, open, a book that reads. But the writing of this autobiography was a team sport. All about the authors upbringing, his relationship with a particular bar, the various people in the bar and his relationship with alcohol.
Moehringer the tender bar pulitzer prizewinning journalist j. Sutton was selected by amazon books editors as one of our best books of the month for september. Brooke shields addresses andre agassi honestly in new book. Nov 09, 2009 andre agassi often says in open that tennis is a lonely game. Andre agassi with jr moehringer masterfully ghosted by the american journalist and novelist jr moehringer this is the classic tale of the elite sportsman coming to terms with his life as a child. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by andre agassi. That is the takeaway from his new autobiography, open, where he states on page one and throughout the book how much he loathes the game.
The result is a terrific first novel by turns suspenseful, funny, romantic, and sadin short, a book you wont be. Moehringer shares with host jams michael tyler, the moving story of a childhood spent in with a single mother and bar. Pulitzerprize winning novelist jr moehringer, didnt set out to paint a balanced picture of agassis life and times in tennis. An autobiography by andre agassi, paperback barnes. Pete sampras would like a sitdown with longtime american rival.
If theres one thing andre agassi wants you to know about the game of tennis, its that he hates it. Hes agassi s collaborator, the guy who turned hundreds of hours of. This memoir, the tender bar is the recollection of his childhood up to his early adulthood. Often ranked number one, he captured eight grand slam singles championships. Jr moehringer and i are like brothers from similar, but different mothers. Moehringers memoir, the tender bar, as a gift from someone who knew i was a reader of the underground writer charles bukowski 1920 1994 whose novels and poems deal with hard drinking in squalid flats, poverty, horseracing, and exploits with women. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Hes agassis collaborator, the guy who turned hundreds of hours of. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. Andre agassi away from the tennis court to discuss agassis harsh. The tennis match writing in the book is so engaging, and it also sets the stage for one of the biggest themes. Sampras disappointed by remarks in agassis book fox.
Oct 19, 2012 sutton was selected by amazon books editors as one of our best books of the month for september. Moving and funny, this is a wonderful memoir of the authors early years. In singles, agassi is an eighttime grand slam champion and a 1996 olympic gold medalist, as well as being a runnerup in seven other grand slam tournaments. I wasnt really aware of agassi s collaborator other than that he didnt want his name on the cover so as to not distract from agassi. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 388 pages and is available in hardcover format. Inspired by agassis ringing recommendation of the tender bar, i decided to take a chance on it. Moehringer is the coauthor of andre agassis brilliant memoir open. Really glad i did hear of the tender bar, though, as its good for the same reason that i enjoyed open so much. The tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. Buy the tender bar book online at low prices in india. The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are andre agassi. Moehringer as the man who cowrote the book with him.
Jr moehringer spent most of two years in las vegas, working with andre agassi on his autobiography open. Andres ex addresses the tennis legends addiction to crystal met. Brooke shields has some issues with her exhusband andre agassis bestselling 2009 memoir, open. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came of age at a time when banks were out of control. I wasnt really aware of agassis collaborator other than that he didnt want his name on the cover so as to not distract from agassi. That was a bigger shocker to me than the salacious fact that he was on crystal methfor a period of time. Agassi s collaborator, who insisted that his name appear neither.
Open by andre agassi with jr moehringer the 50 best. Sutton saw only one way out and only one way to win the girl of his dreams. Andre agassi has written a tellall book about his life in tennis. Sep 21, 2012 moehringer a pulitzerwinning former reporter who collaborated with andre agassi on the tennis stars acclaimed 2009 memoir, open doesnt seem to know how to wrap up his otherwise. Nov 17, 2014 andres ex addresses the tennis legends addiction to crystal met. Andre agassis new memoir, open, is an unusual addition to the shelves of jock autobiography. Moehringer author of the tender bar and coauthor of andre agassi s memoir, open stopped by. An autobiography by andre agassi bookforum magazine. Moehringer, the author of a tender bar and a pulitzer prize winner for his writing was a coauthor of this autobiography. Moehringer a pulitzerwinning former reporter who collaborated with andre agassi on the tennis stars acclaimed 2009 memoir, open doesnt seem to know how to wrap up his otherwise. Moreover, moehringer does an excellent job with his prose so that, in the end, it is agassis voice that comes across as the one speaking to the reader.
Sampras disappointed by remarks in agassis book fox sports. Agassis book is also an uncommonly wellwritten sports memoir, and part of the credit for that belongs to j. Andre agassis autobiography open is arguably my favorite. Andre agassis autobiography open is arguably my favorite book of alltime. So i was expecting excellent writing and a decent story. Jul 22, 2010 moehringer is the coauthor of andre agassi s brilliant memoir open. In those pages, it becomes clear that there is another writer behind this extraordinary autobiography. Aug 31, 2005 the tender bar is the story of a young man who knows his father only as the voice, of a single mother struggling to make a better life for her son, and of a riotously dysfunctional family from long island. Open andre agassi with jr moehringer masterfully ghosted by the american journalist and novelist jr moehringer this is the classic tale of the elite sportsman coming to terms with his life as a. Moehringer does for bank robber willie sutton in this fascinating biographical novel of americas most successful bank robber newsday. Moehringer, is a speculative biography of the bank robber willie sutton.