On Golf: The Game, the Players, and a Personal History of Obsession

by Timothy O'Grady

Book Overview

"A striking meditation that stylishly links his father, Arnold Palmer, "Golf in the Kingdom, " and the fragility of the swing." ---"Sports Illustrated""" Since being initiated as a child into the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312330049
• ISBN13: 9780312330040
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful little book, will make you smile

A small book; it resembles an essay more than a book. This is a wonderfully rich account of one man's obsession with golf. The writing is superb, approaching Updike in the prose department. You'll smile and nod as you turn the pages. I read it happily in one sitting, then pressed it on my fellow duffer-pals, who also enjoyed it. The book's highlight is the author's engaging description of his round with Arnold Palmer.