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"Memories in this collection, drawn mainly from magazine pieces, constitute a championship round. . . . This unbridled appreciation of golf's mystical opportunities for grace and redemption will enthrall even those who have never followed an 80-yard worm-burner with an elegant chip to the pin" ("People"). Minimize
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"Memories in this collection, drawn mainly from magazine pieces, constitute a championship round. . . . This unbridled appreciation of golf's mystical opportunities for grace and redemption will enthrall even those who have never followed an 80-yard worm-burner with an elegant chip to the pin" ("People").
 

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John Updike on Golf

by   davke ,  Dec 14, 2003
Pros: Filled with memorable stories and essays, Golf Dreams is ideal off-season reading.
Cons: "Farrell's Caddy" transcends sport, but other pieces might be too jargon filled for non-golfing readers.
The Bottom Line: Thirty short pieces of fiction and non-fiction all with John Updike's usual brilliance. But this might be too much golf for the less-than-devoted Updike fan or the non-golfing reader.
Review: John Updike, among the most celebrated of American authors, has used golf as a theme throughout his career and, as this collection fully shows, has used it well. Golf Dreams includes roughly four decades of short stories, essays, and even a poem ...
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