{"product_id":"2026100009041-secondhand-the-heart-of-a-goof","title":"The Heart Of A Goof","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 8th pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nP. 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49309668475099,"sku":"2026100009041-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/44daec56-7e97-4a23-9e6b-2afe57d380cc.png?v=1789454879","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009041-secondhand-the-heart-of-a-goof","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}