Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed

University lecturer David Adams thinks he has found his footing in Yokohama — until the politics of a local tennis club draw him into a comic, bruising education in status, belonging, and the fine art of the snub.

By turns funny and sharp, Eric Madeen's novel serves up cultural friction and personal reckoning through the unlikely arena of club-court tennis, where every match is about far more than the score.