{"product_id":"9781529961478","title":"Underspin - E Y Zhao","description":"\u003cp\u003eA staggeringly good debut, written with �lan, compassion and wit' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time'Challengers, but make it table tennis' Lit Hub, 'Most Anticipated Books of 2025''An eruption of a debut . . . with meticulous precision and tremendous heart' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars'A superior force to be reckoned with' Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others and ChoiceRyan Lo begins playing table tennis aged eight. His brilliant but ruthless coach sees a talent in him that might be nurtured into greatness. Through an adolescence marked by hours of practice, matches away from home, clandestine relationships and a determination to win, Ryan ascends to the highest echelons of the game, just as he was supposed to. But here he is now, dead before his twenty-fifth birthday, leaving grief and confusion in his wake. Ryan Lo was meant to be great. What happened?Underspin delves beneath the pressure that forges a champion, and the vulnerability that makes a coming of age: the crackling intensity of a match, the push and pull of first love, and the great injustices committed within our closest relationships. 'A kaleidoscopic novel . . . Zhao's prose is a marvel' Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope'Leaves a trail of fire in its wake . . . An electric debut' Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of Four Treasures of the Sky'An unconventional and stylish portrait of a table tennis wunderkind . . . this book will immerse you in its high-stakes world until the very last page' Alina Grabowski, author of Women and Children First\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E Y Zhao","offers":[{"title":"272 pages \/ 05\/03\/2026 \/ Fiction: special features","offer_id":56970125082999,"sku":"9781529961478","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781529961478_6898c31f-6c8a-4e8c-99ca-0968a61a131b.jpg?v=1779379073","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781529961478","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}