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Fast Greens | 
 enlarge | Author: Turk Pipkin
Publisher: The Dial Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2130418
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 234
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 038531647X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385316477
ASIN: 038531647X
Publication Date: May 1, 1996
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Product Description
In the tradition of Golf in the Kingdom and TheLegend of Bagger Vance, a young Texas caddiesearches for the meaning of golf and life, and for thefather he's never had.
Originallyself-published to critical acclaim, here is atimeless coming-of-age story about a young caddiecaught in a deadly grudge match in a world of liars,cheats, and hustlers:It is midnight in Texas. Theyear is 1938. Two very drunk, very enterprisingyoung men are playing a game of golf at the DryDevil's Golf Course in Sonora. But what starts outas a "private challenge" becomes a gameof destiny. Roscoe Fowler bets his partner WilliamMarch that he can hit a hole-in-one. Blindfolded.If he achieves this, then Fowler will become CEOof their fledgling oil company. By some miracle(cheating), Fowler drops the ball into the hole, andMarch must forfeit their partnership, becoming thenumber two man at FowlerOil.
Twenty-seven years pass and, for reasons that willbecome clear in this charming, wise, and magicaltale, March calls a grudge match. A remarkable,boisterous, and eccentric cast of characters walk thecourse with March and Fowler and learn somelasting lessons about what really matters. But it isthe voice of 13-year-old caddie Billy Hempel thatshapes this story, and with the wisdom of hindsighthelps all readers understand the intersectionbetween golf and life.
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 Not Your Ordinary Fiction April 30, 2006
Pipkin's "Fast Greens" is not a book that will disolve in memory as "just another any old book easy read"..it is an easy read,but a very fine one, & "if my memory serves me correctly"(having read it as a library borrow more than 5 years ago),beside a suspenseful plot ,it added much knowledge on the basic rules of golf and although I initially forgot its title "searching for it unsuccessfully via the title & subject "mean greens", the subject "grudge match" brought it up immediately at amazon.com.
 Texas Twister of A Golf Tale October 26, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Texas twister has more turns than predicting an oncoming tornado. Built around the young caddie in a grudge nine-hole match, it turns from the match to the history that led up to it.
From oil to paternity to con to snakes, they're all here. Not the best golf fiction this reviewer has read, and not the worse either. Kind of loses pace at the end, with so many turns before, you know that reality can't be all there is, so another turn is ahead. The steam is gone, as well as my excitement about this book.
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