A Terrible Splendor
Blog Post by C. Lee McKenzie - Aug.20.2009 - 4:22 pm
I'm totally into A Terrible Splendor, a story about a world poised on the brink of war and anticipating one of the most exciting tennis matches ever. While Nazi Germany rounds homosexuals for no reason except that they don't fit Hitler's critieria for a "superior race," two extraordinary players compete for very different reasons: one to keep the Wimbledon trophy out of Nazi Germany's hands and the other to save himself from arrest and prison for his sexual preference.
The story is rivoting and ironic. Even if you've never played tennis you'll enjoy this match!
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About C. Lee
In her other life—the boring one before she began writing fiction for teens and middle grade readers—C. Lee was a lecturer and administrator at California State University, San Jose. Her field of Linguistics and Inter-cultural Communication has carried her to...



