Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode brings back the Australian Classics Book Club for 2019.

This month's classic is The Tournament from master satirist John Clarke.

The Tournament is a novel about tennis. Except in the hands of John Clarke nothing is ever quite what it seems.

Bringing together all the great thinkers, artists and personalities of the twentieth century in Paris we are treated to a competition like no other; with Tony Chekov seeded number one in the men's round, Simone De Beauvoir in the women's round and breakout Vinnie Van Gogh surprising everyone as he reinvents the game stroke by stroke.

Featuring Text publisher Michael Heyward in conversation with Andrew Pople.