The Amateurs: A Novel - Brossura

Niven, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061875899 ISBN 13: 9780061875892

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2010

Riassunto

After being whacked in the head with a golf ball, Gary Irvine can do no wrong on the golf course, but this gift comes with the uncontrollable urge to curse like a sailor, become sexually aroused and expose himself while playing, problems that are compounded by the entry of gangsters and drug dealers into Gary's life. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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“You don’t have to love golf to thoroughly enjoy this rollicking and at times howlingly funny novel about the game.....[Niven] also sneaks in some bona fide insights about family, and gratifying plotlines of revenge, romance, and friendship.” (Penthouse)

“Believe it or not, this novel makes golf look interesting. Trust me. This is a writer who could wring laughs out of pretty well anything. . . . Hilarious.” (The Times (London))

“A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behaviour, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor.” (The Mirror)

“The Amateurs shouldn’t work yet Niven is a master storyteller who switches between humour and violence with disconcerting ease.” (Shortlist)

“Brilliantly funny....That it is hugely entertaining is not a surprise but the fact that I lost hours reading about golf courses, and actually cared, is this month’s most winning pleasure.” (Word magazine)

“This tale of Gary Irvine, a hopeless golfer who, after an accident, becomes a phenomenal player, is peppered with brilliant moments.” (GQ)

“A raucous, filthy novel of golf.” (Waterstone's Books Quarterly)

“The Amateurs is a comedic piece of lad-lit filled with golf and gangsters . . . the author of Kill Your Friends proves that one’s second novel can be just as humorous as the first.” (Scottish Review of Books)

L'autore:

John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He has written for The Times (London), The Independent, Word, and FHM, among others. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novel Kill Your Friends.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061875899
• ISBN 13: 9780061875892
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 376