You Cannot Be Serious
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You Cannot Be Serious is a book written by the world's former #1 tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

 (with James Kaplan).

McEnroe details life behind the scenes on the tennis tour as well as giving the reader a very candid look at his personal life and struggles. The book made it to the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
The hardcover edition was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 2002, with the paperback
Paperback
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 being released a year later by The Berkley Publishing Group
Berkley Books
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 in the USA, and by Time Warner
Time Warner
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in the UK. The name of the book comes from McEnroe's famous catchphrase "You Cannot Be Serious!"
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