Summoned by Balls by Christopher Matthew
Bestselling wit Christopher Matthew looks at the meaning of life through golf and golfers - whether super-rich, globe-trotting professionals or weekend amateurs hacking round in 100 or more. As everyone knows who ever strode a fairway with club in hand and hope in heart, there is more to golf than knocking a little ball round the countryside. All human life can be found between the first hole and the nineteenth, and every emotion - ecstasy, despair, love, hatred, reconciliation, revenge. Especially revenge. These verses - based on poems by the likes of Kipling, Betjeman, Tennyson and Browning - cover the subject from golf bores, bossy lady captains, golfing on the moon and club grub to golf widows, golfing dogs, and feeble excuses. They may not improve your swing, but they'll make you a better person in the rough, or in the bar.
Praise for Christopher Matthew's previous work: 'The pick of the crop' -- The Times 'Wise, perceptive and very funny' -- Independent on Sunday 'The most brilliant book of poems' -- The Oldie 'A wonderful present' -- Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph 'A witty collection of verse for anyone who has ever trodden the fairway..Funny, touching and perceptive' -- Daily Express 20051129 'Matthew has proved time and again what an old pro he is at the almost lost art of writing humorous verse' -- Martin Rowson, Independent on Sunday 20051211 'Matthew's gift for pastiche is now so polished that he overcomes the qualms of even the most fanatical Wodehouse fan, such as me' -- Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail 20051202
Apart from Now We Are Sixty, Christopher Matthew, is best known for his Diary of a Somebody and its accident-prone hero Simon Crisp, whom Sheridan Morley called 'one of the greatest comic characters of our time'. He has been a columnist for most of the major newspapers, currently writes on books and TV for the Daily Mail, and is well known as a broadcaster. He lives in London and Suffolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719568190 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719568196 |
| Title | Summoned by Balls |
| Author | Christopher Matthew |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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