Opening with Wimbledon 2019, The Art of Tennis covers the excitement of the sport up to the profound silence of the Covid-19 pandemic-when no tennis was played for a year-through Wimbledon 2021.
Dominic J Stevenson Book order (chronological)
Dominic Stevenson is a writer committed to engaging with crucial global conversations on societal, gender, sexual, and educational equality. His work delves into contemporary issues, aiming to foster understanding and advocate for fair opportunities. Through his literary contributions and community involvement, Stevenson seeks to illuminate pressing social concerns and promote a more equitable world. His writing is characterized by a sharp awareness of societal dynamics and a drive for positive change.
Get Your Head in the Game
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Get Your Head in the Game is the first book to tackle the issue of mental health and its relationship with the most popular sport in the world, football.
In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life living with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. His journey took him to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places in the world, from the poppy fields of the Afghan–Pakistan border, to the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road, before he was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. After eight months on remand in a Chinese police lock-up, Stevenson was sentenced to two and a half years in one of the biggest prisons in the world, the Shanghai Municipal Prison aka "The Monkey House." There, he was imprisoned alongside just five westerners amongst five thousand Chinese criminals in a block for death row inmates and political prisoners, where the guards drank green tea and let the prison run itself. The experience led him to reflect on his previous life in Japan, India and Thailand, during which time he took on a varied array of jobs, including English teacher, karaoke-bar host, factory worker, busker, crystal seller, dope smuggler, and film extra. From Afghan gun shops to Tibetan monasteries, Thai brothels and the stirrings of the rave culture in Goa, Monkey House Blues is a tale of discovery and rediscovery, of friendship, and betrayal. An original and picaresque tale of love, loss, and awakening in a Chinese prison.