Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf - Softcover

Updike, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449912698 ISBN 13: 9780449912690

Publisher: Fawcett Columbine Book, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

How lucky can an editor be? When legendary New Yorker editor William Shawn wanted a writer to review a book on golf, he could turn to novelist John Updike. Updike, a devoted golfer, was delighted to take on the assignment. That review of Michael Murphy's Golf In the Kingdom is contained -- along with essays from Golf Digest, The New York Times Book Review and other publications -- in Golf Dreams. Rounding out the collection of 30 pieces are excerpts from Updike's classic fiction, including Three Rounds With Rabbit Angstrom.

From the Publisher:

I'm not really a big fan of golf. In fact, I used to think it was less interesting than watching paint dry. But my father is an avid golfer, and recently a number of my friends have not only taken up the sport, but insist upon watching it on television. I am a big fan of John Updike, and thought, "well, everybody can't be wrong" in terms of golf, so I picked up the book. I was mesmerized. Even for someone who had never picked up a golf club (except miniature golf clubs when I was 7) the stories are gripping and...interesting! Try it -- you'll like it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Columbine Book
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0449912698
• ISBN 13: 9780449912690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201
• Illustrator: Szep Paul