The OutsiderThe Outsider is a no holds barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to his craft that won him the publics adoration. He capped off one of the most remarkable runs in tennis history at the age of 39 when he reached the semifinals of

one sent a week

politics and love

to find her clan

a father and his young daughter stumble into a bizarre version of his immigrant childhood

they are lavender

and Enhance—which eliminates food triggers

and reminiscences of life as a frontier child

Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own

As events turn darker with back-to-back murders

just possibly

two O Henry prizes

the charismatic and larger-than-life JRD