|
| 
 enlarge | Author: George Peper
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
Buy New: $9.95
You Save: $15.05 (60%)
New (5) Used (8) from $6.46
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 415171
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.3
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520684129
ASIN: B00164CN9K
Publication Date: May 30, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Hardcover. Excellent unread condition. Choose expedited to receive in 3-6 days. No hassle refund policy.
|
| Customer Reviews:
| Showing reviews 11-13 of 13 | | « PREV | | |
 Loved every sentence - thanks, George! August 22, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've taken two trips to St. Andrews and can definitely relate to George's Peper's outstanding take on the place. I treasured every sentence of these 299 pages. He's really nailed the spirit of St. Andrews, both the setting and its people. I'm not a mad, keen golfer, and my wife - like Peper's - is disinterested in the sport itself. But - like me - she loves the atmosphere of the place. One of the greatest things in the world is to sit on the steps in front of the 18th green and watch group and group tumble home with big, goofy grins on their faces. It's a fabulous way to spend an early evening.
Peper's character really shows through here. When you read his bio on the backflap, it's only then that you get a sense of the depth of his accomplishments in golf and journalism. The book taken at face value gives you the impression that he sort of tumbled into some of these accomplishments (hello, R&A Competition Committee!) by being at the right place at the right time. While I'm sure luck played a small part, there's also the matter of talent and hard work. First, the guy can flat-out write. He's funny, engaging and perceptive. Second, the guy works hard. At one point, he lets on regarding the assignments he's juggling. He's definitely not slacking over there!
The two other characters worth mentioning:
- Mr. Peper's neighbor Gordon Murray. There's that expression "it's not what you know, it's who you know"...Gordon seems the living embodiment of that and of what Pepard calls "Gordon's three degrees of separation" (none of that six degrees stuff applies here).
- Millie Peper. This Westie charmer is surely the cutest thing on four legs to hit the Old Course in some time.
Contrasts in Golf and Life for Two July 18, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An experienced wordsmith, Peper memoirs his decision to spend two years in their invested real estate lining the sacred 18th at golf's home.
Reminiscent of Rubenstein's excellent book: A Season at Dornoch, former editor of Golf magazine Peper and his wife venture to live in their St. Andrews adventure home.
There is just one great memory after another recalled enjoyably and in adventerous fashion by this pro writer and avid golfer and full of life fellow who exhibits humility while brushing lifes and rounds of golf and drinks with golf elite and St. Andrews citizens.
The differences in culture and golfing are explored, with the Scottish life clearly providing what Peper terms: "a life mulligan." A more purer, innocent, slower, less marketed way of life.
The golf stories are worth the read, especially humorous tale of the H.W. Wind nameplate.
 Thanks, George! June 21, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
George Peper had a wonderful experience in St. Andrews and, thanks to his low-key, affectionate book about the town and its people, we have one, too. He captures all things good about St. Andrews and Scotland - the friendliness and decency of the people, the feel of the air, the light on the hills and sea, the feeling of standing at the first tee of the Old Course, and the uncanny sense of being exactly where you want to be.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
