The Heart Of A Goof
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 8th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
From the undisputed master of British comic fiction comes a collection of short stories that transforms the genteel absurdity of the golf course into a stage for some of the most gloriously hapless human drama ever committed to paper. The Heart of a Goof presents a series of tales centred on the Oldest Member — that sage, pipe-smoking fixture of the clubhouse — who dispenses rambling, irresistible anecdotes about the peculiar romantic and social predicaments of golfers whose fates are inexorably tied to their performance on the links. Ferdinand Dibble, Archibald Mealing, and a cast of wonderfully inept sportsmen discover that love, ambition, and a persistent slice off the tee are a catastrophically comic combination. P. G. Wodehouse, at the height of his powers, wields his signature style — crystalline prose, perfectly timed farce, and an unshakeable warmth for his bumbling creations — to argue, with deadpan conviction, that no human passion burns quite so irrationally as a golfer's devotion to his game. The collection stands as one of the finest monuments to Wodehouse's gift for comic architecture, each story a self-contained gem of situation and misunderstanding. For those who have never swung a club in their lives, these tales are no less irresistible — will the Oldest Member's next unfortunate subject ever manage to sink a putt when it truly matters?
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Edition: 8th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
From the undisputed master of British comic fiction comes a collection of short stories that transforms the genteel absurdity of the golf course into a stage for some of the most gloriously hapless human drama ever committed to paper. The Heart of a Goof presents a series of tales centred on the Oldest Member — that sage, pipe-smoking fixture of the clubhouse — who dispenses rambling, irresistible anecdotes about the peculiar romantic and social predicaments of golfers whose fates are inexorably tied to their performance on the links. Ferdinand Dibble, Archibald Mealing, and a cast of wonderfully inept sportsmen discover that love, ambition, and a persistent slice off the tee are a catastrophically comic combination. P. G. Wodehouse, at the height of his powers, wields his signature style — crystalline prose, perfectly timed farce, and an unshakeable warmth for his bumbling creations — to argue, with deadpan conviction, that no human passion burns quite so irrationally as a golfer's devotion to his game. The collection stands as one of the finest monuments to Wodehouse's gift for comic architecture, each story a self-contained gem of situation and misunderstanding. For those who have never swung a club in their lives, these tales are no less irresistible — will the Oldest Member's next unfortunate subject ever manage to sink a putt when it truly matters?