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WIMBLEDON SPECIAL
BEFORE HIS DEATH in 2008 at the age of 46, David Foster Wallace was the intellectual’s intellectual. Prolific as both a novelist and journalist, he was able to provide insight into his generation’s condition with enviable precision. He also really, really loved tennis. He wrote about it often, most notably in his magnum opus, Infinite Jest, as well as in Play, the short-lived New York Times sports magazine, where he profiled Roger Federer in 2006 in what is widely regarded as the best piece of tennis writing ever.