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Golf Dreams : Writings on Golf by John Updike (1997, Trade Paperback, Large Type / large print edition)

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John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence of his learning, playing, and living for the game. The camaraderie of golf, the perils of its present boom, how to relate to caddies, and how to manage short putts are among the topics he addresses, sometimes in lyrical essays, sometimes in light verse, sometimes in wickedly comic fiction. All thirty pieces have the lilt of a love song, and the crispness of a firm chip stiff to the pin.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0449912698
ISBN-13
9780449912690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
398662

Product Key Features

Book Title
Golf Dreams : Writings on Golf
Author
John Updike
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
Golf, Personal Memoirs, Essays
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
7 Oz

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Edition Description
Large Type / Large Print Edition
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"Limber and sprightly, unique, alive . . . Updike understands golf, keenly, and expresses his understanding with charm and beauty, in words as sturdy as Lee Trevino's stance."- Sports Illustrated "A book written under a clear blue sky with an utterly pure swing . . . Here, Updike waltzes about the heavens of Nabokov, in pure esthetic bliss. And here his transcendental agonies and anxieties fuse into split-second moments of impact that lift us from sand pit to rhapsody."- The Philadelphia Inquirer "[ Golf Dreams clears] the hazards with ease and grace. [Updike] is eloquent on the pleasures and frustrations of the game [and] even better at dramatizing its mysterious pull."- The New York Times, "Limber and sprightly, unique, alive . . . Updike understands golf, keenly, and expresses his understanding with charm and beauty, in words as sturdy as Lee Trevino's stance."-- Sports Illustrated "A book written under a clear blue sky with an utterly pure swing . . . Here, Updike waltzes about the heavens of Nabokov, in pure esthetic bliss. And here his transcendental agonies and anxieties fuse into split-second moments of impact that lift us from sand pit to rhapsody."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer "[ Golf Dreams clears] the hazards with ease and grace. [Updike] is eloquent on the pleasures and frustrations of the game [and] even better at dramatizing its mysterious pull."-- The New York Times
Illustrated by
Szep, Paul
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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