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Andrew Greig, poet, novelist, and lapsed golfer, came within moments of death before his surgeon performed a last-ditch operation and saved his life. Inspired to pick up his clubs again after a thirty-five-year on-and-off again hiatus from the game, Greig traveled eighteen courses on his road to recovery---from the northernmost tip of the Orkney Islands to the celebrated fairways of St. Andrews. It was, more than anything, a journey toward reconnection with being alive.
Greig's book tells one man's story of connection to an ancient game, and the story of a father's relationship with his son and the rite of passage into manhood. It is a book of reflections, not only on the pleasures of the game but also on friendship, family, and ghosts from the past.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Jane Goldman
reviewed Preferred Lies: A Journey Into the Heart of Scottish Golf on October 27, 2019
Preferred Lies: A Journey Into the Heart of Scottish Golf
An enjoyable, if slightly melodramatic, telling of one man aiming for spiritual redemption through golf. As someone who has grown up in Scotland and had golf play a big part in that, there were certain sections that really rang true. I do feel he over-played certain aspects, for example by constantly mentioning how he thought it reflected Presbyterian morals, and his endless references to Scottish lack of optimism. But I did enjoy it.
There was one stage when I finished reading at midnight and then practiced putting in my bedroom, such was the desire to play that this book created. There was one section that really stood out, and sums up what golf as a game and as a passion can mean.
Golf isn't life. it's just a small radiant corener of it, like a chip of mirror-glass, the kind where if you bring it close enough and examine carefully from a number of angels, you can see the whole world of your eye, and a surprising amount of the world around you.
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