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 enlarge | Author: P.g. Wodehouse
Publisher: Gramercy
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 69135
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0517057948
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780517057940
ASIN: 0517057948
Publication Date: March 3, 1996
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Please Play Through--I Can't Put This Book Down September 4, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As someone who's idea of a good day at golf is riding around in the cart with beer and nachos, I wondered if this particular PGW collection would hold my interest. But the golf stories rank among his very best, even for someone who doesn't know a bogie from a birdie. "The Coming of Gowf," "The Purification of Rodney Spelvin," and most others in this volume fall in the stack I read over and over. Ranging more widely, I find this applies to every sport Plum takes a pen to, from Rugger to Cricket. Another subject he has a sixth sense for is animals. I avoided for a long time the PGW Bestiary, but if the stories of Geofrey the cat (sp.?) or Ukridge and the dogs, or the cats re: Claude and Eustace's initiation, or for that matter, the ubiquitous broken-down steeds that broke gents with sporting blood are always putting a spot on--if these were the only stories Wodehouse ever wrote, those fortunate enough to find them would still be devouring the full repertoire. Fortunately, there seems to be a PGW renaissance, with everything being reprinted (such as this omnibus). So now my "best stories list" runs: Jeeves, Drones, Mulliner, animals, golf, but the list reads just as well from the bottom up.
Should be used in writing courses. November 4, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wodehouse loved the game, and it shows in his writing. While golfers with a sense of tradition will appreciate many of the sometimes-obscure references, one need not be a golfer to appreciate the elegance of these short stories. The Egnlish language is beautifully used here. I take this down every few years and read the stories as if for the first time. If these don't make you laugh, you've got a serious problem
The best writing on golf June 17, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a lover of golf and a professional writer, I recommend this book to anyone, especially those who love the game.Forget that every plot is identical. Wodehouse's genius is in his phrasing, his irony and his outrageousness. He is a master of caricature and timing. Wait for that day of rain or snow, curl up by the window and lose yourself in the dreamy fantasy world of golf. You will simply laugh out loud.
Laughs for the day you can be out playing! May 6, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wow - This guy is a very concise and accurate writer. I was literally laughing as I read it and for several days afterward.It is a solid read with much punch to it.
You can get by with just one Wodehouse book - this one April 4, 1999
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm convinced now I will never be a P.G. Wodehouse fan. The most hilarious of his novels somehow leaves me with no desire whatever to pick up another one. I enjoy his short stories, but somehow I don't really want to track down those I've never read. I'm sure there are many people like me. They, too, should read the Golf Omnibus before they die.-And furthermore, I don't play golf. Nor will I. But I like the *idea* of golf. Golf, in its true form, is the epitome of Romanticism in sport. It's the game of the Quest. If this game, the game Wodehouse writes about, became extinct long ago; well that makes his book all the more valuable. I'm certain this is funnier than anything else that P.G. Wodehouse wrote (read "Rodney has a Relapse" and keep a straight face - I defy you). How could it not be? He was writing about something that was (a) unbelievably silly, and (b) as far as he could tell, the most important thing in the world.
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