| The Back Nine Contributor(s): Mott, Billy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307277860 ISBN-13: 9780307277862 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Charlie McLeod was a golf prodigy. His father taught him the game and then injury took it away. Twenty-five years after his last swing, McLeod is finally back on the course, working as a caddy in San Francisco. Though he is older and slightly disheveled, he can still drive the ball as straight and as far as the best players in the world. When his extraordinary skills are discovered, he quickly becomes embroiled in a high stakes game between his wealthy employers and a ferocious pro. What ensues is the hilarious and touching story of an underdog and the joys and life lessons found in the great game of golf. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sports |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.52" W x 7.92" (0.41 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charlie McLeod was a golf prodigy. His father taught him the game and then injury took it away. Twenty-five years after his last swing, McLeod is finally back on the course, working as a caddy in San Francisco. Though he is older and slightly disheveled, he can still drive the ball as straight and as far as the best players in the world. When his extraordinary skills are discovered, he quickly becomes embroiled in a high stakes game between his wealthy employers and a ferocious pro. What ensues is the hilarious and touching story of an underdog and the joys and life lessons found in the great game of golf. |