American Writing Awards 2022 Sports Book of the Year
It's 1996 and enigmatic tennis professional Richard Blanco is enjoying a late-career run, reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals. What no one knows is that he's hearing voices again. It won't be long before the ghost of punk rocker Luke Scream starts whispering dark nothings in his ear.
Over the summer, Blanco hopscotches the circuit from Los Angeles to the tennis academy where he's trained since childhood, but his brilliant play will be overshadowed by the escalating chatter in his head. By turns hilarious and dark, Moving in Stereo is a vivid portrayal of an athlete eyeing the end of his career while seeking the dignity that would make his dead father proud.
Nick Bollettieri, internationally renowned American tennis coach and developer of the world’s first tennis academy
“Tom Trondson's deep knowledge of professional tennis brings to life the story of a talented but dangerously troubled bad boy, who desperately needs to mature.”
Dylan Hicks, author of Amateurs and Boarded Windows
“Trondson has given us a persuasive, compelling bad boy: a caddish libertine and a haunted searcher who might be careening towards some sort of enlightenment. A crosscourt winner.”
Midwest Book Review
“A deftly crafted and impressively original novel that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself is finished…”
Kirkus Reviews
“A tennis star tries to deal with his own demons in this debut literary novel… the real energy comes from the myriad distractions that are constantly vying for attention in Richard’s mind… A throwback ’90s tale with a compellingly dysfunctional, tennis-playing protagonist.”
Mary Ann Grossman, St. Paul Pioneer Press
“You don’t have to know a tennis racket from a fishing pole to enjoy this lively, funny, scary first novel…”