Books

September, 1983

Michael Mewshaw set out to expose corruption in pro tennis. Pro tennis wouldn't cooperate. Mewshaw's Short Circuit (Atheneum) misfires when it comes to getting the real inside dope about men's tennis, because the author never got within shouting distance of the top players. About the best his book can offer is a long interview with John McEnroe's father--who will, reportedly, talk to anybody.•Conversations with the Enemy (Putnam's), by Winston Groom and Duncan Spencer, is the story of Marine Pfc...