Bill Rees has been living in the south of France for ten years
working as an itinerant bookseller in Montpellier. The one thing he
misses about England is table tennis. Then he sees an advert to
join a club for "experienced players only" and veterans. He starts
training immediately, he's forty and not as fit as he used to be
but Bill Rees is returning to the game a la carte. Covering one
Sunday tournament in the depths of Languedoc when his team bids to
make the National Finals, Bill Rees produces a deeply felt and
deeply funny homage to the beautiful game of ping-pong. Rees shows
the sport for what it is: painful, exhilarating, tactical, fast
(especially when his club mate Alain is at the table), consuming.
All of which is revealed from the perspective of a Brit playing in
French amateur leagues. Conveyed is the pain of competition, the
agony of losing and the joys of victory. The reader is also regaled
with a Zen-like insight into the sport. For all those athletes who
dream of glory being around the corner and never too late. Contains
illustrations by the Monpellier based artist Beachy.
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