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020			_a9781786064608 _cRM 69.08 _qpaperback
040			_aPPAK _beng _cPPAK _erda
082	0	4	_223 _a796.342092
090	0	0	_a796.342092 _bBOW _dG
100	1		_aBowers, Chris, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aSporting statesman
245	1	0	_aNOVAK DJOKOVIC : _bTHE BIOGRAPHY / _cCHRIS BOWERS
250			_aNEW & UPDATED EDITION
264		1	_aLondon : _bJohn Blake, _c2017
300			_axxi, 345 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn this study of both Djokovic and Serbia, Chris Bowers paints two powerful portraits. He traces the story of the boy from modest surroundings, telling of how he met the woman who not only taught him tennis but how to deal with life as a high-profile icon, charts his battle with illness and his relationship with a volatile father, and how his on-court deeds have made his country proud. But he also tells the story of Serbia, pulling no punches about its role in the 1990s wars but offering a sensitive interpretation of the hopes and aspirations of a people with a troubled past. Bowers, biographer of Swiss tennis star Roger Federer and the British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, weaves together these sporting and geo-political strands to present a sensitive portrait of a man and his people, and how determination married to sensitivity can create a sporting statesman.
600	1	0	_aDjokovic, Novak.
650		0	_aTennis players _zSerbia _vBiography.
655		0	_aBiography.
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