A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Forget all that Zen stuff--Here's the
Golf Book the Golf World Really Needs...In David Feherty, we've
found at last not only a true Renaissance man but also a writer
with the guts to address the important themes of the 21st century.
In A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH, the operatic singer turned golf pro turned
witty golf commentator turns into a golf novelist and discusses the
world's most vital issues -- flatulence; alcohol consumption in
vast quantities; male genitalia getting whacked, bitten, lanced,
and shot; and more flatulence...The overly serious world of golf
writing needed a good gut-buster, and Feherty has supplied it."
--Sports Illustrated "First Joyce, then Yeats, now Feherty. The
tradition of Irish literary excellence continues, but with this
difference: of the three, only Feherty is funny. At once ribald,
hilarious, esoteric, moving, and profound, David Feherty's A NASTY
BIT OF ROUGH shares this quality with other original works of
genius: only he could have produced it. Pick this book up. If you
don't laugh out loud at least once in every chapter, I will
personally confiscate your splatter guard niblick. --Steven
Pressfield, author of THE LEGEND of BAGGER VANCE "Golf's equivalent
of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, with a cast of outlandishly eccentric
duffers. If you're one of those people who think golf is a
religion, prepare for some seriously funny blasphemy. A NASTY BIT
OF ROUGH is the book S.J. Perelman would have written had he known
anything about golf...and if he'd been taking steroids. Feherty's
outrageous characters dance off the page." --Troon McAllister,
author of THE GREEN "I didn't know Dad could write." --Rory
Feherty, age 8 "A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH is a pure delight, as I
suspected it would be since the delightful David Feherty wrote
it...Every golf nut will love this book." --Dan Jenkins P.G.
Wodehouse meets Judd Apatow in the most hilarious and outrageous
Golf Entertainment wince CADDYSHACK. Fans of FEHERTY on The Golf
Channel are in for a real treat (or punishment depending upon their
temperament). Meet a character only David Feherty could create,
Major General (Ret.) Sir Richard Gussett, his riotous imaginary
uncle who presides over "Scrought's Wood," the world's most
cantankerous golf club. In this first volume of his misadventures,
Gussett sets his sights on the most prestigious prize in golf, the
petrified middle finger of St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland.
Gussett must motivate his merry band of members through battles
with incontinence, single malt Scotch, peculiar handicaps, and a
litany of other unmentionable afflictions in order to seize the
finger in a "friendly" competition with their ancient rivals, the
dreaded and notorious McGregor clan. Feherty's fanatical fan base
will rejoice, the driving range addicted will tee off, the USGA
will have "no comment," and anyone who loves the game or knows
someone who does will be unable to resist Feherty's storytelling
and golfing gravitas.
General
Imprint: |
Black Irish Entertainment LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2013 |
First published: |
July 2013 |
Editors: |
Shawn Coyne
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Authors: |
David Feherty
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
254 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-936891-12-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-936891-12-3 |
Barcode: |
9781936891122 |
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