# Underspin

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/e-y-zhao/underspin/9781529973259

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- Book: [Underspin](https://www.bookquiver.com/e-y-zhao/underspin) ([Underspin.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/e-y-zhao/underspin.md))
- Authors: [E. Y. Zhao](https://www.bookquiver.com/e-y-zhao)
- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 9 h 9 min
- ISBN: 978-15-2997-325-9
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 9 h 9 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. Ryan Lo begins playing table tennis at age eight. His brilliant but ruthless coach sees a talent in him that might be nurtured into greatness. Through an adolescence marked by hours of practice, matches away from home, clandestine relationships and a determination to win, Ryan ascends to the highest echelons of the game, just as he was supposed to. But here he is now, dead before his twenty-fifth birthday, leaving grief and confusion in his wake. Ryan Lo was meant to be great. What happened? Underspin delves beneath the pressure that forges a champion, and the vulnerability that makes a coming of age: the crackling intensity of a match, the push and pull of first love, and the great injustices committed within our closest relationships. ' ‘ Challengers , but make it table tennis' Lit Hub , 'Most Anticipated Books of 2025' 'An eruption of a debut . . . with meticulous precision and tremendous heart' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars 'A superior force to be reckoned with' Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others and Choice 'A kaleidoscopic novel . . . Zhao's prose is a marvel' Rob Franklin, author of Great Black Hope © E Y Zhao 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026