A review by brontebucket
Double Fault by Lionel Shriver

4.0

Tennis setting for the telling of a relationship forming and breaking down. Woman on the tennis circuit (promising child star who has only known the world of tennis) meets man who has come to tennis late in his 20s. They marry and he continues to improve, whilst she starts to falter. She is v competitive and loses her confidence as he starts to beat her. He overtakes her in the rankings and she can’t cope; has meltdown and is unable to get things in perspective. You want to shake some sense into her; not a likeable female character. Enjoyable read.