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Summary: Surely the best book I've ever read!
Review: All I can say is that if you are 30 something and play golf with the guys or gals every week, you HAVE to read this book! Not only is this the easiest reading book I've ever put in front of my eyes, it's also the funniest, the wittiest, and the most inspiring story of life I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Thanks Mr. Reilly!!!
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Summary: A wonderful story... golf can connect all walks of life.
Review: Thank you Rick Reilly. Your coverage of the game of golf throughout the years has always focussed on the true essence of the game: the passion it evokes. Your novel-Missing Links- was no exception. Missing Links demonstrated in a hysterical, yet often times romantic way how the game connects us all: rich and poor, scratch and hack, father and son, man and woman. Good writing.
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Summary: A hilarious look at the real world of golf
Review: Golf the sport is not in its truest form at Augusta National, or Pebble Beach, or Sawgrass. It is at its best on the everyday courses of America, where hackers try to keep their scores low and their blood alcohol content high. That is the world Rick Reily writes about in his unroarious book, Missing Links. Centered on the shenanagans of four duffers who try to play 18 on an exclusive course, the book is really nothing more than an insightful, biting look into America's real golf world. Let's face it, forks: there is a cementhead and a two-down at every public course in America. If you play golf- if you have seen golf-hell, if you know what golf is, you should read this book. It is absolutly hilarious, dead on accurate, and a joy to read.
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Summary: If you need a good laugh this book is a must read!
Review: I absolutely loved Missing Links. How many times have you ever laughed out loud while reading a book? It is a "gimmee" with Missing Links. This is a must read for any golfer! During the summer, I play the real Ponky in Canton, MA. I hate to say it but Rick did not exaggerate [that much] the dreadful yet comical playing conditions. On the same note, he also splendidly captured the true makeup of muni-hackers - bad golfers, good people. This book is a fun, quick read. The characters are easy to relate to and brilliantly described - plus they actually exist! I would highly recommend this Dan Jenkinsesque novel to both golfers and non-golfers. If Cementhead can not make you laugh - you need help. It is a magnificant story about the have versus the have nots; the coupon-clipping capitalist versus the proletarian; the cleft chinned versus the genetically deficient. I encourage you to learn about life and golf in this soon to be classic
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Summary: An astoundingly funny novel
Review: This book, dealing with a group of addled golfers and a hideous municipal course and their attempt to play the country club next door, should be on everyones reading list.
Reilly's incredibly varied, vivid cast of characters bring to life this hilarious tale of class envy and the American Dream.
You don't need to be a golf fan or even play the game to completely enjoy this book!
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Summary: The most fun-to-read golf book ever !
Review: Missing Links has to rate one of the best book I have ever read overall. It is a witty and refreshing look at frienships and society in a golf surrounding.
Mr Reilly has made numerous golf fans happy with this book. I am not sure he can come up with another novel of this quality (but I sure hope he does).
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Review: I don't know too much about golf but the descriptions of Ponky, the worst golf course in America, had me laughing out loud.
The situations that the characters find themselves in, in an attempt to play at the exclusive Mayflower Club, are hilarious!
I recommend this book to any lover of comedic fiction, whether you understand the game of golf or not.
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Summary: Golf at Its Best! Too hot to put down!
Review: This was by far the most entertaining book that I have read this
year! For any golfer from Hack to "Expert", you will thoroughly
enjoy this angle. You will never see golf the same! Sure Winner!
The book is a little slow in the beginning, but don't let
the first few chapters sour your taste buds! You will have a hard time putting it down! Rick Reilly comes from left field, but, most golfers will be able to appreciate his work!
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Summary: If you need a good laugh this book is a must read!
Review: I absolutely loved Missing Links. How many times have you ever laughed out loud while reading a book? It is a "gimmee" with Missing Links. This is a must read for any golfer! During the summer, I play the real Ponky in Canton, MA. I hate to say it but Rick did not exaggerate [that much] the dreadful yet comical playing conditions. On the same note, he also splendidly captured the true makeup of muni-hackers - bad golfers, good people. This book is a fun, quick read. The characters are easy to relate to and brilliantly described - plus they actually exist! I would highly recommend this Dan Jenkinsesque novel to both golfers and non-golfers. If Cementhead can not make you laugh - you need help. It is a magnificant story about the have versus the have nots; the coupon-clipping capitalist versus the proletarian; the cleft chinned versus the genetically deficient. I encourage you to learn about life and golf in this soon to be classic
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Summary: even par
Review: I liked the book. I like Reilly's style, even as it borrows generously from Jim Murray and Dan Jenkins...I thought the characters were overly broadly drawn..having waited tables at a posh CC outside Washington for 7 summers, I can tell you I never ran into anyone like everyone he describes... the first several chapters, Reilly tries too hard... I almost put the book down... you don't need to make a joke every paragraph...once he got into the very appealing story, the writing got a little tighter... i think Reilly is pretty good at exploring what makes us tick and as such shouldn't feel the need to try to make us laugh every few seconds... this isn't a golf book... it's a book about relationships with golf as its cover... well, done, Rick... next time, write less self-consciously...
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