GOLF AN HUMOUR IN A TRIUMPHANT COMBINATION - PLUS FOURS!, 31 Dec 2007
Take the most difficult, annoying an addictive game ever invented and the best humourous writer England has ever produced at the peak of his powers and you have the funniest most perfectly written golf stories it will ever be your good fortune to read

Superlative periodic humour, 04 Dec 2006
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As a golfer, nostalgic & Wodehouse fan, this is surely one of the great comic books. Every page is bursting with gentle witticisms & humour, not forgetting the odd bit of sage advice from "The Oldest Member". I have had this book for about 8 years & every time I think of it again, I read it from cover to cover.

A must read. Buy it.

A must for golfers and/or Wodehouse fans, 03 May 1999
This wonderful collection of P G Wodehouse's golfing short stories provides the reader with a book that he or she can treat as an occasional coffee table book, each story being entirely self contained, or as a full blown novel, as the characters are marvellously consistent. Each story is recounted by 'The Oldest Member', himself quite a character and someone that all Golfers will relate to, as every club has a similar father figure. Each of the stories evokes images of life in the 1920's and 30's, in the same sort of social circles as inhabited by Wodehouse's most famous character, Bertie Wooster. Similar themes also prevail, such as couples becoming engaged and separating over trivialities, but golf is here the uniting factor. Wodehouse clearly had a great fondness for golf, and for the two principal locations of the stories - England and the North Eastern United States - and blends all of these themes wonderfully well. The best recommendation I can give this book is that, unlike so much humour, it bears re-reading time and again, if only to be reminded to Wodehouse's superlative turn of phrase.

GOLF AN HUMOUR IN A TRIUMPHANT COMBINATION - PLUS FOURS!, 31 Dec 2007
Take the most difficult, annoying an addictive game ever invented and the best humourous writer England has ever produced at the peak of his powers and you have the funniest most perfectly written golf stories it will ever be your good fortune to read

Superlative periodic humour, 04 Dec 2006
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As a golfer, nostalgic & Wodehouse fan, this is surely one of the great comic books. Every page is bursting with gentle witticisms & humour, not forgetting the odd bit of sage advice from "The Oldest Member". I have had this book for about 8 years & every time I think of it again, I read it from cover to cover.

A must read. Buy it.

A must for golfers and/or Wodehouse fans, 03 May 1999
This wonderful collection of P G Wodehouse's golfing short stories provides the reader with a book that he or she can treat as an occasional coffee table book, each story being entirely self contained, or as a full blown novel, as the characters are marvellously consistent. Each story is recounted by 'The Oldest Member', himself quite a character and someone that all Golfers will relate to, as every club has a similar father figure. Each of the stories evokes images of life in the 1920's and 30's, in the same sort of social circles as inhabited by Wodehouse's most famous character, Bertie Wooster. Similar themes also prevail, such as couples becoming engaged and separating over trivialities, but golf is here the uniting factor. Wodehouse clearly had a great fondness for golf, and for the two principal locations of the stories - England and the North Eastern United States - and blends all of these themes wonderfully well. The best recommendation I can give this book is that, unlike so much humour, it bears re-reading time and again, if only to be reminded to Wodehouse's superlative turn of phrase.

Don't let this one get away.........., 07 Jan 2008
I had never read Hemingway or been sea boat fishing, but after finishing this book I was licking the salt from my lips and feeling exhausted from the rigours of big game fishing in the Gulf Stream.
I love fly fishing for trout and bought this book for these stories, which are in the first part of the book. They are evocative and engaging tales that capture the ambience and spirit of fishing that most people fond of this sport will easily relate too.
The second section of the book features some of Hemingway's dispatches he wrote for various newspapers and magazines between 1920 and 1956.These factual reports set the scene superbly for the final section of the book that features the two longest excerpts from Hemingway's stories 'Islands in the Stream' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Both of these stories about fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream lead you into an epic encounter with the psychological and physical demands that ensues.
Hemingway's passion for big game fishing and his masterful storytelling was a revelation that held me fascinated and awestruck along with his empathy for both man and fish. Although I think that this book is primarily meant for people with an interest in any kind of fishing, it has left me with a desire to read more of Hemingway's stories, which is probably the best compliment I can pay.

GOLF AN HUMOUR IN A TRIUMPHANT COMBINATION - PLUS FOURS!, 31 Dec 2007
Take the most difficult, annoying an addictive game ever invented and the best humourous writer England has ever produced at the peak of his powers and you have the funniest most perfectly written golf stories it will ever be your good fortune to read

Superlative periodic humour, 04 Dec 2006
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As a golfer, nostalgic & Wodehouse fan, this is surely one of the great comic books. Every page is bursting with gentle witticisms & humour, not forgetting the odd bit of sage advice from "The Oldest Member". I have had this book for about 8 years & every time I think of it again, I read it from cover to cover.

A must read. Buy it.

A must for golfers and/or Wodehouse fans, 03 May 1999
This wonderful collection of P G Wodehouse's golfing short stories provides the reader with a book that he or she can treat as an occasional coffee table book, each story being entirely self contained, or as a full blown novel, as the characters are marvellously consistent. Each story is recounted by 'The Oldest Member', himself quite a character and someone that all Golfers will relate to, as every club has a similar father figure. Each of the stories evokes images of life in the 1920's and 30's, in the same sort of social circles as inhabited by Wodehouse's most famous character, Bertie Wooster. Similar themes also prevail, such as couples becoming engaged and separating over trivialities, but golf is here the uniting factor. Wodehouse clearly had a great fondness for golf, and for the two principal locations of the stories - England and the North Eastern United States - and blends all of these themes wonderfully well. The best recommendation I can give this book is that, unlike so much humour, it bears re-reading time and again, if only to be reminded to Wodehouse's superlative turn of phrase.

Don't let this one get away.........., 07 Jan 2008
I had never read Hemingway or been sea boat fishing, but after finishing this book I was licking the salt from my lips and feeling exhausted from the rigours of big game fishing in the Gulf Stream.
I love fly fishing for trout and bought this book for these stories, which are in the first part of the book. They are evocative and engaging tales that capture the ambience and spirit of fishing that most people fond of this sport will easily relate too.
The second section of the book features some of Hemingway's dispatches he wrote for various newspapers and magazines between 1920 and 1956.These factual reports set the scene superbly for the final section of the book that features the two longest excerpts from Hemingway's stories 'Islands in the Stream' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Both of these stories about fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream lead you into an epic encounter with the psychological and physical demands that ensues.
Hemingway's passion for big game fishing and his masterful storytelling was a revelation that held me fascinated and awestruck along with his empathy for both man and fish. Although I think that this book is primarily meant for people with an interest in any kind of fishing, it has left me with a desire to read more of Hemingway's stories, which is probably the best compliment I can pay.

best surfing book ever..., 04 Oct 2006
this is an excellent book, really soulfull, and stories that make you think.. you will see whati mean so buy it!!!

June 1, 1993, saw the final rumble in one of the greatest jungles in modern football--the North Enclosure at Parkhead, home to Glasgow Celtic FC. In its day the Jungle was admired and respected as one of the greatest of all football terraces, ranking alongside the Liverpool Kop and Manchester United's Stretford End as home to one of the most fanatical and passionate group of fans that modern football has ever seen. John Quinn's Jungle Tales is an unashamed nostalgia trip down Jungle memory lane, starting from the extraordinary evening in June 1993 when 20,000 fans arrived to pay farewell to The Jungle and to witness a clash between the past giants of Celtic and Manchester United. Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill and Murdo MacLeod all turned on the style before a spellbound crowd, providing the perfect prelude to Quinn's marvellous collection of reminiscences of those who experienced The Jungle over the decades. The cast includes fans, players and celebrities. The stories of warm and funny, with tales of brilliance from the greats--Johnstone, Dalglish, Nicholas. What shines through is a sense of the camaraderie and bonds established through the love of football--a welcome antidote to the ways in which many books like this tend to glamorise violence on the terraces. --Jerry Brotton

Is there a serious student of literature--or golf--who wouldn't give a stroke or two a side to be part of a Nassau that included, say, Don Marquis, Paul Gallico, P. G. Wodehouse, Ethan Canin, Ring Lardner, Stephen Leacock, Bernard Darwin, or John Updike? "People who care about golf," writes Paul Staudohar in his introduction to this marvellous and sometimes whimsical collection that packs all the above into its bag, "are typically well-educated men and women who appreciate things of quality in life, including good literature." The literature in Golf's Best Short Stories is indeed good: it contains 24 stories, dating from just before the turn of last century to just before the turn of this one, that explore some aspect of the mesmerising hold golf has on its adherents. Updike's "Farrell's Caddie," perhaps the most anthologised of all golf stories, is the ace here, but there's not a bogey in the bunch. What serious golfer--or reader--could ask for more?

GOLF AN HUMOUR IN A TRIUMPHANT COMBINATION - PLUS FOURS!, 31 Dec 2007
Take the most difficult, annoying an addictive game ever invented and the best humourous writer England has ever produced at the peak of his powers and you have the funniest most perfectly written golf stories it will ever be your good fortune to read

Superlative periodic humour, 04 Dec 2006
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As a golfer, nostalgic & Wodehouse fan, this is surely one of the great comic books. Every page is bursting with gentle witticisms & humour, not forgetting the odd bit of sage advice from "The Oldest Member". I have had this book for about 8 years & every time I think of it again, I read it from cover to cover.

A must read. Buy it.

A must for golfers and/or Wodehouse fans, 03 May 1999
This wonderful collection of P G Wodehouse's golfing short stories provides the reader with a book that he or she can treat as an occasional coffee table book, each story being entirely self contained, or as a full blown novel, as the characters are marvellously consistent. Each story is recounted by 'The Oldest Member', himself quite a character and someone that all Golfers will relate to, as every club has a similar father figure. Each of the stories evokes images of life in the 1920's and 30's, in the same sort of social circles as inhabited by Wodehouse's most famous character, Bertie Wooster. Similar themes also prevail, such as couples becoming engaged and separating over trivialities, but golf is here the uniting factor. Wodehouse clearly had a great fondness for golf, and for the two principal locations of the stories - England and the North Eastern United States - and blends all of these themes wonderfully well. The best recommendation I can give this book is that, unlike so much humour, it bears re-reading time and again, if only to be reminded to Wodehouse's superlative turn of phrase.

Don't let this one get away.........., 07 Jan 2008
I had never read Hemingway or been sea boat fishing, but after finishing this book I was licking the salt from my lips and feeling exhausted from the rigours of big game fishing in the Gulf Stream.
I love fly fishing for trout and bought this book for these stories, which are in the first part of the book. They are evocative and engaging tales that capture the ambience and spirit of fishing that most people fond of this sport will easily relate too.
The second section of the book features some of Hemingway's dispatches he wrote for various newspapers and magazines between 1920 and 1956.These factual reports set the scene superbly for the final section of the book that features the two longest excerpts from Hemingway's stories 'Islands in the Stream' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Both of these stories about fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream lead you into an epic encounter with the psychological and physical demands that ensues.
Hemingway's passion for big game fishing and his masterful storytelling was a revelation that held me fascinated and awestruck along with his empathy for both man and fish. Although I think that this book is primarily meant for people with an interest in any kind of fishing, it has left me with a desire to read more of Hemingway's stories, which is probably the best compliment I can pay.

best surfing book ever..., 04 Oct 2006
this is an excellent book, really soulfull, and stories that make you think.. you will see whati mean so buy it!!!

Great!, 27 Feb 2006
If you like Boxing, you'll like this.

If you like a well written action story, you'll like this.

If you're like me and you like both, you'll love this.

Robert E. Howard was a major fan of boxing, and his fiction reflects both a love and a deep understanding of the sport. Fans of other works of REH will find it interesting to read some of the stories the broody, Texas author of Conan the Barbarian enjoyed writing most.

Each story has all the action and heart of a Nigel Ben fight, only with articulate commentary!