"BUBBLY AND QUIZZICAL AND LUMINOUS."
--Los Angeles Times
--Los Angeles Times
"JOYFUL . . . THE JACK NICKLAUS OF GOLF WRITING . . . The 30 entries i... read full description
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Aug 20, 2009
Aaron
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John Updike is a great author and I enjoyed his take on the game of golf. Golf Dreams is a collection of pieces he has written through the years. There are pieces from magazine articles he has written for publications like Golf Diagest; a piece from three of his "Rabbit" series; even a speech he gave at the US Golf Associations 100 year anniversary. I enjoyed reading such a great author and how he shared his thought and experiences on golf. There were times, however, that he strayed
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Dec 17, 2009
Jeremy
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Other than the short story "A&P", which I also love, this is only Updike material I've ever read. Having been raised in an environment rife with terrible golf, courtesy of my father and my high-school self, I greatly enjoyed this collection. The essays accounting Updike's ongoing (and largely unsuccessful, to hear him tell it) attempts to master the links are far more entertaining than the few short works of golf-based fiction included, which aren't bad enough to lose the book any st
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Dec 05, 2010
Jim
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Worth the admission price for the line, "I swing, and feel the impurities like bubbles and warps in glass".
Oct 19, 2007
Angela
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He doesn't like golf. He's addicted to it, but he doesn't like it. And he really, really, needs to find himself a different golf instructor.
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