A tale overtly about golf that is in fact about much more besides,
the search for the authentic swing serving as a metaphor for the
search for the authentic self; subtitled 'a novel of golf and the
game of life', it is a kind of 'zen and the art of the hole in
one'. Set in America's Deep South in the Depression of the early
1930s, the story focuses on a game of golf - the eponymous Bagger
Vance is a caddie, and a golfing guru - interweaving this with
chunks of semi-mystical philosophy. A pacy read, with a high
feelgood factor, recently released as a film. (Kirkus UK)
___________________ 'A marvellous, life-affirming book' Mark
McCormack 'Golf and mysticism...a dazzler and a thought-provoker'
Los Angeles Times 'Good stuff...a philosophical fantasy imagined on
a golf course, heavy with fog, storm, fireworks and the howling
winds of supernatural forces' New York Times Book Review
___________________ In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf
links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends
of the game - Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen - meet for a mesmerizing
thirty-six hole showdown. They are joined by another player, a
troubled war hero called Rannulph Junah. But the key to the outcome
lies not with these golfing titans but with Junah's caddie and
mentor, the mysterious, sage and charismatic Bagger Vance - for he
is the custodian of the secret of the Authentic Swing...
____________________ Written in the spirit of Bernard Malamud's The
Natural and sharing the magic of the celebrated Kevin Costner film
Field of Dreams, Steven Pressfield's first novel reveals the true
nature of the game. Page-turning, spellbinding and affecting, it is
a novel for golfers and non-golfers alike - a story in which the
search for the Authentic Swing becomes a metaphor for the search
for the Authentic Self.
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