Review: Ashton Politanoff's "Dad Had a Bad Day" Uses Tennis to Explore Fatherhood and Masculinity

A review of Ashton Politanoff's novel "Dad Had a Bad Day" (Astra House, 2026), which uses tennis as a narrative vehicle to explore themes of fatherhood, masculinity, and family dynamics. The review examines how Politanoff blends sports writing with literary fiction, drawing compa