An unconventional and stylish portrait of a table tennis wunderkid, Underspin explores the different forces that shape us into who we become. Zhao takes us not only into the packed competition halls and spotless training centers that define one’s career, but the intimate hotel rooms and quiet suburban kitchens that define one’s coming-of-age. Both tender and brutal, visceral and cerebral, this book will immerse you in its high-stakes world until the very last page
Alina Grabowski, author of Women and Children First