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| The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport | 
 enlarge | Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 6005
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.9 x 1
ISBN: 0307266532
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352092
EAN: 9780307266538
ASIN: 0307266532
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Love Carl, hate this book May 28, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've read everything He has ever written and thoughly enjoyed them all. But this book was unreadable, after just 20 pages I put it down and won't ever pick it up again. There is no story line, just his recollections of taking up golf again. DON'T buy it, even if you golf it's terrible.
 A treat for Hiaasen fans May 20, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Golfers and nongolgers alike can't help but be charmed by Carl Hiaasen's apologia on his return to the game after 32 years. I don't play myself, but am a great fan of Hiaasen, and found this book hilarious and charming. It's ok to step out of the comfort zone -- this reminded me of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, and I knew even less about soccer, er, football.
 Bad Mojo May 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are an average golfer avoid this book like the plague. It is bad mojo, terrible karma, and a jinx. Hiaasen's efforts to take his game to the next level are hilarious and his usual observations on Florida politics and the environment just add to the fun. There is so much in the book that the hacker can relate to that it begins to work on your mind. After finishing the book I went out and shot eight strokes above my already feeble average following each occasional par with a triple bogey and adding new levels of frustration to my putrid game. I give Hiaasen credit for making me laugh, then ruining my day. It's the only golf instruction book or article that has ever affected my score.
Hiaasen Hits The Links May 10, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hiaasen is one of those authors whose books I automatically buy as soon as they're available - without question. Being a golfer as well made this a slam dunk - whoops, wrong sport - maybe a hole in one........At any rate, it's pretty good - not great, but quite readable. Hard to find an author who can turn a wickedly descriptive phrase like Hiassen. Basically, he's taken up the game after a hiatus of some 35 years with fairly hillarious results - and he still gets his digs in at crooked politicians & developers - what would a Hiassen tome be without that! If you don't find yourself laughing out loud at least a few times, you don't have a good, wharped sense of humor. That being said, the story does get a bit tedious because his game stays in the same schlock mode for the entire read despite thousands of dollars p***** away on numerous lessons, equipment and other items of dubious merit. If you're not a golfer, this story may not resonate, BUT, it is, afterall, Hiassen...........
Based on Excerpts in Sports Illustrated - A Hole in One May 12, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Sports Illustrated published two excerpts of this book recently - in the Players Championship Special Issue and in the May 12, 2008 regular issue. Although there was some overlap, together the two excerpts paint a hilarious autobiographical picture of the author's attempted return to golf. Laugh-out-loud funny doesn't begin to describe the section of the excerpt in May 12th SI titled "Toad Golf". I have never laughed so hard when reading SI. I'm buying the book, and, hopefully, it will provide as much enjoyment.
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