Missing Links

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Summary: THE funniest, most entertaining novel I've ever read
Review: Rick Reilly writes Missing Links in a way no other book I've ever seen. It's funny and entertaining. Best of all, you don't even need to like golf to enjoy this novel. I actually found myself laughing aloud while reading. A definate must read book.

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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!!
Review: I couldn't put this book down.I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what would happen next. My wife came into the empty room to see what I was laughing about.This book is must read for all golfers!A humorous golf novel that any muny golfer can relate to.

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Summary: I woke up at 4:00 a.m. and resumed reading it.
Review: After reading nine reviews by amazon reviewers, all giving this book 5 stars, I figured they couldn't all be wrong. They weren't. I loved it, although I did not find it as funny as some did. Actually, a few passages brought a tear to my eye. As soon as I finished it, I gave it to my wife, who has since passed it on to a friend of hers. Missing Links and Miracle on the 17th Green are now my two favorite golf books.

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Summary: A must read for those who love golf.
Review: If you play this crazy game, if you love to gamble on the golf course, and if you have a regular group you play with, this is one book you can't pass up. Once started you can't put it down. I found myself laughing out loud several times. I'm ordering a couple of copies for my golfing buddies right now!! I belong to a "Mayflower" type club but I still golf regularly with my "chop" buddies at another course. Read the book and you'll understand why.

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Summary: The funniest, most entertaining golf novel ever!
Review: This book is exactly how it was descibed to me by fellow Amazon reviewers, impossible to put down. Reilly intertwines golf and life better than any who have attempted before. This is definitely a laugh-out-loud book and I just hope he writes another novel about golf.

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Summary: My foursome laughed until we cried.
Review: After reading what I can only describe as the best golf fiction ever, I bought copies for friends. Then my husband & I along with another couple went to play golf in AZ. During the long drives to golf courses, we took turns reading MISSING LINKS out loud. Probably, because know people like the chops we laughed until we cried at the antics of Two Down, Thud the almost human, Cementhead and Hoover with all of his golf gadgets and ideas. We even have a "Stone Concorde" at our club--ALWAYS manages to find his ball and we believe he has a magnetic ball marker on his putter. If he ever reads this book, I am sure he will start watering the putting surfaces at night. We were so involved with the book that we would drive slowly so we could continue reading. My friend's husband is not much of a bookworm but he would complain the loudest when it was time to stop reading. MISSING LINKS--8 thumbs up! Thanks Rick Reilly! We look forward to your next novel. Lookout for your shadow!

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Summary: Better than any instructional book you will ever read!
Review: If you love golf and you want a great laugh, be sure to read this book. I know that you will find it more enjoyable than any instructional book on golf. A tale of friends whose home course is the worst muni course in the states and an ensuing bet they make to see who is the first to play an exclusive private club. If you play golf with a group of friends you will surely find one or more of them depicted in Reilly's characters. Found it much more interesting than "Fast Greens".

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Summary: Must Read for Golfers Who Can Laugh at Themselves
Review: It's about time someone wrote a book as funny as Caddyshack! That comparison is most obvious after one reads the jacket of Rick Reilly's hilarious look at municipal golf, class envy, and the ecstasy known only to golfers as a good, long, hard driver. Non-golfers can pass on this book. Golfers won't be able to put it down. Witty, sharp, and full of new golf expressions (as if the game needed any more!), this book should not be passed up by any golfer who can at least read on a TV Guide level. Rick, we're anxiously awaiting your sequel!

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Summary: Don't start it unless you have time to read it all!
Review: One of a very few books that can make me laugh out loud almost every page. But there is no place in this book for the sobering and depressing family history, especially with regards to the main character's father and brother. Still, this book is a MUST read for all golfers, and especially those from Massachusetts, although I don't think it refers to Ponkapoag Golf Course, a muni in Canton, MA, but rather to Franklin Park Golf course in Dorchester.

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Summary: Destined to be a classic - funniest book I have ever read!
Review: No doubt legions of readers will make a pilgrimage to the Ponky (if there really is one) much like baseball fans to the "Field of Dreams" in Iowa. Every chop in America can relate to the characters in Missing Links. The only difference is that the ones in my regular game don't have the integrity of those in the book. Highly recommend this book to all golfers with a sense of humor (or perhaps more importantly, to those who need one)!