Written by Jon Henderson with the full cooperation of the Perry family, this new look at Fred's life is an important contribution to tennis literature, because no matter how you look at tennis, Fred is still the last English winner of Wimbledon! Little known is the fact that he was World Champion at Table Tennis aged only 19. Thus his athleticism was already apparent, and his background as the son of a Labour MP and not a public school boy drove him that much harder to excel against all the odds and without the full approbation of the establishent. He seemed not to care about this and just did things his way. Turning professional, he left England and toured the USA with good success. He established the clothing company that still bears his name and became the most sought-after match summariser at Wimbledon almost upto his death. Published in June 2009 in hardboards with dust-wrapper and 292 pages. I knew him well and he was a lovely man.

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