The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return - Audiobook Read by Hiaasen, Carl

Description: The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport by Hiaasen, Carl.FIVE CDS AS READ BY THE AUTHORTHIS IS A USED AUDIOBOOK - IN A PLASTIC BUT SECURE LIBRARY CASEHOWEVER CD'S ARE NOT WORN AND ARE CLEAN - IN GREAT PLAYABLE SHAPE The Downhill Lie A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport By: Carl Hiaasen Narrated by: Carl Hiaasen Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins Unabridged Audiobook Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Golf Publisher's Summary Originally drawn to the game by his father, Carl Hiaasen wisely quit golfing in 1973. But some ambitions refuse to die, and as the years - and memories of shanked 7-irons - faded, it dawned on Carl that there might be one thing in life he could do better in middle age than he could as a youth. So gradually he ventured back to the dreaded driving range, this time as the father of a five-year-old son -and also as a grandfather. "What possesses a man to return in midlife to a game at which he'd never excelled in his prime, and which in fact had dealt him mostly failure, angst and exasperation? Here's why I did it: I'm one sick bastard." And thus we have Carl's foray into a world of baffling titanium technology, high-priced golf gurus, bizarre infomercial gimmicks and the mind-bending phenomenon of Tiger Woods - a maddening universe of hooks and slices where Carl ultimately (and foolishly) agrees to compete in a country-club tournament against players who can actually hit the ball. "That's the secret of the sport's infernal seduction," he writes. "It surrenders just enough good shots to let you talk yourself out of quitting."

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