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Indlæser... The Featheryaf Bill Flynn
Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) slarsoncollins | Dec 14, 2009 |  As I read the back cover, I noticed it dealt with golf, which I must admit is not my favorite sport, and I was a little scared. But this book is written in such a way that you learn the history of the sport without KNOWING you are learning history. The feathery is a sought after memoriblia and by the end of the book you just want to reach through the pages and hold it in your hands. You have no choice but to be in awe of it and show it the respect it deserves. Anyone who is a sports fan can relate to the feeling of having that “hard to find” object. The characters are likeable (or not) and you relate to each one of them as each of their personalities can be found in each of us. The descriptions of the rolling greens are great and even succeeded in making me want to take up golf. I can’t image anyone not liking this book. While there were a couple of editing issues, they were minor enough to become almost invisible. The action is non-stop and never feels forced. Towards the end I didn’t want to continue reading because I didn’t want it to end. This is a great gift book! A MUST buy! ( ) TheBookJournal | Nov 25, 2009 | THE FEATHERY is a sprawling adventure that sweeps over historical fiction, lingers over mystery, and flirts with romance as it spans a timeline of more than 150 years. Though the narration briefly touches down in 1849 and 2004, the bulk of the action begins in 2009, when Scott Beckman, an up-and-coming golfer, inherits an antique golf ball from his deceased mentor, Sandy McNair. When Scott gets the golf ball appraised, he discovers that not only is it a rare type of golf ball known as a feathery, but also that this particular feathery was used by golf legend Hugh McNair to set a course record at the St. Andrews course in 1849. Though Scott is talented, a string of bad luck on the courses forces him to consider auctioning the feathery, and when he puts it up for auction, the bidding quickly rises to well over $1,000,000. However, shortly thereafter, his tour earnings rise enough that he decides to withdraw the feathery from auction. This move sparks violence from those so obsessed with this priceless feathery that they will rob and murder to get it. Scott survives this conflict, only to find more danger on the golf course when he enters the British Open as a long shot - and, much to the chagrin of those in control of the betting odds, appears to be in contention for the trophy. The premise of THE FEATHERY is original and interesting; I was surprised to find myself completely caught up in the history of golf shared in this book, as I am not generally very interested in golf. Unfortunately, delivery in this novel is somewhat lacking. The prose is sometimes choppy, the dialogue unrealistic, and the wrenchingly emotional conflicts of the main characters are not given the time and depth that they deserve. For all its faults, though, THE FEATHERY remains engaging because of its unique subject and treatment. It is obvious that the author knows his subject, and his enthusiasm spreads easily to the reader. ( ) GeniusJen | Oct 10, 2009 | Bill Flynn's 'The Feathery' is a very fast read. Not only is it well crafted, but it is written wonderfully. Many people read books to 'escape,' and this book helps the reader to do just that - whether it be to 18th Century Scotland, modern day California, modern day England and Scotland and New York. I am by no means considered an expert in the world of golf, let alone the history of golf balls, yet I was absolutely able to dive into this story to the point where life would interrupt my reading. This book's focus is not just golf - it is a true 'whodunit' coupled with a 'whatshouldIdo' type of story, with an interesting twist - with the world of golf as the landscape. One may think by the book's cover that 'The Feathery' is just about a type of golf ball, crafted by hand in the 1800s. It is far beyond that. 'The Feathery' incorporates greed, love, loss, survival, and it's relation to the world of gambling, antique collecting and pursuing one's dreams. Right from the start, the reader begins to 'root' for the characters. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and look forward to Mr. Flynn's next novel. J.R. Reardon author, 'Confidential Communications' ( ) jrreardon | May 13, 2009 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Entre chien et loup between dog and wolf. This French colloquialism for twilight informs Jennifer Grotz’s debut poetry collection, Cusp. A winner of this year’s Bakeless Prize for poetry, Grotz explores the peculiar territory of middleness neither dark nor light, not quite familiar but not fully unknown. It is a place with its own dangers, its own knowledge: road signs in a French tunnel remind drivers of their headlights in the temporary darkness; a scratchy recording of the last castrato highlights art’s uneasy coupling of inspiration and artifice. Personal, thoughtful, inquisitive, and introspective, these poems reveal Grotz’s varied influences, from the quilted fields” of west Texas to a jazz club in Paris, from a sexy rodeo rider to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It is the dizziness of the foreign and the strangeness of what’s all around that gives Cusp its energy, its vitality, signaling the arrival of a distinctive new voice in American verse. No library descriptions found. |
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