Golf in the Kingdom

Author(s)

• Murphy, Michael

Bibliographic Information

Golf in the Kingdom

Michael Murphy ; [with further reflections by the author]

Penguin Compass, 1997

25th anniversary ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"...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

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA68785248
• ISBN:
  • 0140195491
• LCCN: 97202854
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 223 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3563.U746
  • DC21 : 813/.54
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Golf -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Occultism -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Golfers -- Fiction
  • FREE : Golf stories. lcsh