Golf in the Kingdom

Author: Murphy, Michael

Publication:New York : Penguin Books, 1997-10-01

Binding: Trade Paperback

Edition:

Condition: Used: Very Good

Description: No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; "...for golf's soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture." -- Golf A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy-John Updike called this unique novel "a golf classic if any exists in our day." Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himself Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by "true gravity." A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairway-the one they call Lucifer's Rug. "A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf." -San Francisco Chronicle "A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life." -Joseph Campbell

Ref#: 055513

Subject: Sports

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