Author: grifgrif
Date: May 15, 2008 14:27
by Jonathan Overend - Five Live tennis correspondent
One of the brilliant moments in the second Alan Partridge series was when
the self-obsessed Radio Norwich DJ published his autobiography. It was
called "Bouncing Back" and sales were disappointing. Partridge had to flog
it in service stations before eventually pulping thousands of unsold copies
at the recycling yard.
The title of Andy Murray's autobiography is "Hitting Back" and whether or
not it heads straight to the BP bargain bucket totally depends upon the
public appetite for pages of protest from a 21 year old who, by his own
admission, is only just starting out.
It's scheduled for release at the start of June which may be just in time
for Wimbledon but, unfortunately, not in time to include the story behind
his first Grand Slam title or even his first Masters Series triumph.
The provocative title "Hitting Back" suggests a response to the various
stories, rumours and criticism of the past three years but do people really
want to spend
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