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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

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Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book

List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 40 reviews
Sales Rank: 1301

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 1

ISBN: 0307266532
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352092
EAN: 9780307266538
ASIN: 0307266532

Publication Date: May 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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5 out of 5 stars A fun read.   July 26, 2008
An easy reading, enjoyable book. I'm not in any way a golfer and I still liked it.


5 out of 5 stars Enjoyable even for a non-golfer!   July 24, 2008
Excellent book! Love the author's sense of humor. My husband's a long-tme golfer but I have no interest. Actually, the subject of golf is extremely boring to me. However, I purchased this audio-book for a car trip and both of us REALLY enjoyed it.


4 out of 5 stars Funny, but true   July 23, 2008
Good idea of what it is like to try to get better at this game. Enjoyable read!


2 out of 5 stars I'll stick with his novels...   July 17, 2008
Having enjoyed several of Hiaasen's novels, "Skin Tight" being my personal favorite, I had high hopes for this book. Although there are several funny segments, the overall tone of whininess and self-flagellation got tiresome after a while. Golf is hard & frustrating, eh? Who knew?


1 out of 5 stars Goodbye Mr. Hiaasen   July 13, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm going to be polite and just say I did not care for this book. To say that this is the only book I have ever read that made me want to personally return it to the author with an official letter of complaint would be counterproductive and no mention of it will be made. Up to this point, I have been a huge fan. This autobiographical golf tale exposes Mr. Hiassen for the spoiled, name dropping, extrememly uninteresting, self absorbed and whining baby boomer that he apparently is. Get a fork, Carl and stick it in. You are done around my place. How dare you waste my time and money. The one star rating is a technicality. No stars wouldn't go through.

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