"Maybe the best novel about golf ever written."-- Gary D'Amato,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "There are legendary tales that
transcend sport, and John Haines' Danny Mo does just this with
humor, heartbreak, triumph, and truth. With a tip of the visor to
Dan Jenkins, it's a dead solid perfect debut." -- Gary Van Sickle,
Sports Illustrated senior writer The characters in Danny Mo are
entertaining, vulnerable, faulted and frequently hilarious. And
though the story may revolve around a game, life s bigger questions
are not excluded. Danny Mo would make a hell of a movie John Ehle,
GolfWisconsin.com DANNY MORAN found it fun and freeing to rank
himself "top-five worldwide" at life's more mundane tasks (sorting
socks, opening stubborn jar lids, etc.) while embracing the joys
and challenges of family life, running a business, and preserving
his legendary status in competitive amateur golf. But when
long-made plans are destroyed and longer-held routines are rendered
meaningless, it marks the beginning of a brand new life for Danny
Mo. After three years away from golf to deal with a world he never
could have anticipated, Danny returns to competition and to his
hometown for one more, mostly ceremonial, appearance in the State
Open. The championship is to be held at a controversial new course,
The Majesty in Rock Harbor, situated along the bayside bluffs and
dramatic shoreline property of Wisconsin's famed Door County.
Possessing a significant advantage with his knowledge of the land,
Danny acts on a long-harbored temptation and attempts something in
the final round of the Open that no one - not Tiger, not Phil, nor
Jack nor Arnie in their prime - could even think of pulling off.
What transpires stuns the harbor community and puts Danny at the
center of a national story in Sport's Illustrated that, even as it
informs and enlightens, creates far more questions than it answers.
Family, health, work and a passion for sports and competition are
precariously balanced against elements of faith, regret, mortality
and infinite possibility in a familiar world that becomes harder to
recognize as the challenges mount. Yet hope remains and redemption
beckons for a family galvanized by love and loathing and come what
may.
General
Imprint: |
Chambers Street Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2011 |
First published: |
April 2011 |
Authors: |
John Haines
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
514 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9833249-7-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-9833249-7-2 |
Barcode: |
9780983324973 |
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