Remarkable

Enormously moving

A moving, inspiring story of a life lived fearlessly. A superb read from start to finish

A great story, well told, and you'll do well not to cry while reading certain chapters

Richly rewarding ... one hell of a story

If the book spontaneously combusted in your hands, you wouldn't be a bit surprised.

Connors was the real thing: a genuine rebel; he was very good at tennis because he was very good at getting angry. Now he's angry about people not understanding his anger. This doesn't make for an easy read, but it does make for a good one.

An examination of a legendary American pugnaciousness... no one ever made winning look quite the rutting alpha-male necessity that Connors made it appear.

The Outsider, a rather overdue autobiography by Jimmy Connors, reads like the American played: full of testosterone and attitude. As a study of the making of an alpha male it is fascinating. Even if [Connors] didn't deal with his successes very well - succumbing to the trappings of fame all too easily - boy, did he work for them. No doubt there have been more gifted players, but no one has won as many tour victories and none, surely, have given themselves so totally to the animal spirit of competition.

Clear as flying chalk: The Outsider takes in a volley of vignettes.

An ace.

A gutsy streetfighter on court, the brash US tennis star covers rivals, romances and revelations with unsurprising candour, but also a welcome dash of humour.

Essential reading... With characteristic humour Connors sets the record straight on the tennis circuit on and off the court.

The atmosphere of the Sixties is re-created brilliantly.

Hamilton through the stories and backstories of others broadens his horizons to explain the phenomenon that was Best and the world that destroyed him. Offering up new material and new perspective, Hamilton, as one reviewer would opined, mastered biography.