Barranca: An Eddie Caminetti Novel - Softcover

McAllister, Troon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590710444 ISBN 13: 9781590710449

Publisher: Rugged Land, 2005

Synopsis

Legendary curmudgeon and hustler extraordinaire Eddie Caminetti has taken on the Ryder Cup (The Green), unrepentant sinners (The Fourseome), and the entire golf equipment industry (Scratch). But enough with the small stuff: In Barranaca, Eddie is called upon by the U.S. government to go after a South American economic terrorist threatening the only commodity capable of destabilizing the entire Western Hemisphere.

Yes, Manuel Villa Lobos de Barranca is out to corner the market on coffee.

When a grande (medium) cup of Starbucks hits $20, riots break out in cities and towns all over America, worker productivity plummets, and the very fabric of society begins unraveling. But there's nothing the government can do about it because the scrupulously honest and upright de Barranca (Standford, '96) is running his revolution without firing a shot or breaking any laws, which makes him the most dangerous subversive since Gandhi.

But he's nuts about golf, positively fanatic about betting, and that's where Eddie Caminetti comes in. Armed with only fourteen weapons of mass destruction (the most you're allowed to carry in your bag), he sets up a match against de Barranca on which hangs the very fate of Western civilization.

In the hands of master storyteller Troon McAllister, impending doom has never been more fun.

About this title

About the Author

TROON MCALLISTER, a pseudonym of the thriller writer Lee Gruenfeld, is the author of three previous Eddie Caminetti adventures, The Green (soon to be a major motion picture from Crusader Entertainment and Paramount Pictures), The Foursome, and Scratch, as well as the baseball novel The Kid Who Batted 1.000. He lives somewhere in southern California and his handicap is still considered a federal disaster area.

Review

PRAISE FOR TROON McALLISTER AND THE EDDIE CAMINETTI NOVELS:

"Golfer Eddie Caminetti is as shrewd, cunning and, at times, deceptive as they come...cunningly concocted." --Los Angeles Times
"A sly, wicked story that'll have you chuckling from page one. The Foursome is a golf bag full of laughs, adventure, and suspense that is worth carting around."
--San Antonio Express-News

"[A 'Best Book of 1999'], Troon McAllister's The Green remains the most entertaining piece of golf fiction to come along in a long time. He spins a blistering yarn that culminates in a fictional Ryder Cup rivaled only by last year's real-life pandmonium."
--The PGA Tour

About this edition

• Publisher: Rugged Land
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1590710444
• ISBN 13: 9781590710449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 387