The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (508 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385497237 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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A sort of "Saturday Night Live does Harvey Penick's Little Red Book," this goofy encyclopedia of golf shines with rays of simple truth. From Publishers Weekly Unforgettable for his howlingly funny sendup of pro football in Semi-Tough and his equally droll spoof of the PGA Tour Dead Solid Perfect, columnist Jenkins (Golf Digest) is as irreverent and hip a sports satirist as ever tarred and feathered a poor unwary and overpaid former Muni-caddy from Fort Worth, Tex., without benefit of anesthetic. Hawaiian Open to Ryder Cup, the tour (and thereby the tale) comes down to crossed-putters mano a mano with Knut. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. In this latest blasphemous roasting of the PGA, Jenkins's first novel in 25 years, he offers up
"You can't always go home again." according to John R. Linnell. As some have noted, Dead Solid Perfect was a dead solid hit among golfers and has been the standard by which other golf novels are judged. Unfortunately, the author who created the standard has failed to measure up to it. The story is mildly entertaining, but just not up to what we have come to expect from this writer. Having recently read The Green and A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe, I am aware of how good a novel can be woven about this enchanitng and maddening game. This isn't one of them.. gene ryzewicz said Four Stars. Very funny and informative book. Not Jenkins' Best I eagerly waited on the release of this book, but it turned out to be not very good. Jenkins had me laughing once or twice, but not near as much as in You Gotta Play Hurt and Dead Solid Perfect. The narrator was Not Jenkins' Best A Customer I eagerly waited on the release of this book, but it turned out to be not very good. Jenkins had me laughing once or twice, but not near as much as in You Gotta Play Hurt and Dead Solid Perfect. The narrator was 40, yet always made references to movies that a person would have to be 60 to remember. It was like Jenkins was too lazy to properly date his lead character and instead used references that someone in Jenkins' generation would connect with. I agree with the reader who said Missing Link. 0, yet always made references to movies that a person would have to be 60 to remember. It was like Jenkins was too lazy to properly date his lead character and instead used references that someone in Jenkins' generation would connect with. I agree with the reader who said Missing Link
Bobby Joe Grooves is a sixteen-year tour veteran trying to turn his one annual tournament win and considerable Texas charm into his first appointment to the Ryder Cup team. As we follow Bobby Joe’s quest for a spot on the Ryder Cup team, we learn more about golf history than you’ll find in any weepy sunset-over-the-18th green retrospective, and more about how to actually get the damn ball into the cup than in any of the thousands of instructional books none of us can understand. Standing between Bobby Joe and his little piece of golf heaven are two ex-wives and a girlfriend, all of whom know to a penny his spot on the money list; Swedish sensation Knut Thorssun, known to his fans as “Nuke” and to his fellow pros as “Cheater”; a completely rational fear of reptiles; tempting but dangerous groupies; and his embarrassing lack of a career major. It’s vintage Dan Jenkins.. The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist is an upro