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How lucky can an editor be? When legendary New Yorker editor William Shawn wanted a writer to review a book on golf, he could turn to novelist John Updike. Updike, a devoted golfer, was delighted to take on the assignment. That review of Michael Murphy's Golf In the Kingdom is contained -- along with essays from Golf Digest , The New York Times Book Review and other publications -- in Golf Dreams . Rounding out the collection of 30 pieces are excerpts from Updike's classic fiction, including Three Rounds With Rabbit Angstrom .
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Golf Dreams, John Updike
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Golf Dreams
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Updike
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0140275924
- ISBN13
- 9780140275926
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Humor, Sports, Short Stories, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Stories, Sports Biographies, Golf
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- How lucky can an editor be? When legendary New Yorker editor William Shawn wanted a writer to review a book on golf, he could turn to novelist John Updike. Updike, a devoted golfer, was delighted to take on the assignment. That review of Michael Murphy's Golf In the Kingdom is contained -- along with essays from Golf Digest , The New York Times Book Review and other publications -- in Golf Dreams . Rounding out the collection of 30 pieces are excerpts from Updike's classic fiction, including Three Rounds With Rabbit Angstrom .