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Who but P.G. Wodehouse could have extraced high comedy from the most noble and ancient game of golf? And who else could have combined this comedy with a real appreciation of the game, drawn from personal experience? Wodehouse's brilliant but humane brand of humour is perfectly suited to these stories of love, rivalry, revenge and fulfilment on the links. While the oldest member sits inside the clubhouse quoting Marcus Aurelius on patience and wisdom, outside on the green the strongest human passions burn. All human life is here, from Sandy McHoots, the cocky professional, to shy Ramsden Waters, whose only consolation in life is golf. Even golf-haters will not be able to resist stories which perfectly combine physical farce and verbal wit with a gallery of unforgettable characters.

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It was Ye Olde Book shop at the beginning of Nevsky that was trying to conceal this volume from me, but I ran it to earth and stumped up the paltry sum of 100 roubles for the much-leafed through P.G. edition. As soon as I had it in my bag I was literally forced to put aside the book I was currently reading and dig into the golfing chronicles. Since – apart from Sir Pelham’s writings on the subj. – I am not over fond of golf, by the end of the book it wore me down a little, so you see there four stars instead of five. All the same, the stories do contain some of the author’s brilliantest jokes; from now on in my mind will live the Russian Brusiloff (“you know that is our great national sport, trying to assassinate Lenin with rewolwers… Some gameovitch!”) and England’s own Professor…

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