| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-06-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 278 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
Missing Links is the story of four middle-class buddies who live outside Boston and for years have been 1) utterly obsessed with golf and 2) a regular foursome at Ponkaquoque Municipal Course and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky, the single worst golf course in America. Just adjacent to the municipal course lies the Mayflower Country Club, the most exclusive private course in all of Boston and a major thorn in their collective sides. Frustrated by the Mayflowers finely manicured greens and snooty members, three of Ponky's most courageous--Two Down, Dannie, and Stick--set up a bet: $1,000 apiece, and the first man to finagle his way onto the Mayflower takes all.One of the three will eventually play the course, but their friendships--and everything else--change as various truths unravel and the old Ponky starts looking like the home they never should have left.
The hilarious and surprise bestselling golf novel of 1996, "Missing Links" is the story of four middle class buddies who are a regular foursome at the single worst golf course in America. Adjacent to these municipal links lies the Mayflower Country Club, the most exclusive private course in all of Boston. Soon there's a bet of $1,000 a piece--the first man to finagle his way onto the Mayflower takes all.
Industry Reviews
"..[I]t's the social satire and pure irreverence that keep this story in the groove."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Michael Harris (05/26/1996)
"You don't need to know your bogeys from your birdies to find at least three laughs per page in this novel....[A] enjoyable spoof of country-club class warfare..."
New York Times Book Review - Bill Kent (08/06/1996)
"...[E]asily the wittiest golf novel yet....A loving, knowledgeable, laugh-out-loud portrait of the Hardest Sport There Is, as practiced by the blue-collar rakes who compose golf's most devoted fans."
Franklin
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