ALISTAIR COOKE ON GOLF THE MARVELLOUS MANIA BIOGRAPHY

ALISTAIR COOKE ON GOLF ~ THE MARVELLOUS MANIA

With a Foreword by Jack Nicklaus

From that fateful day in June 1964 until his death at ninety five, forty years later, golf was Alistair Cooke's greatest sporting passon. He called it a method of self torture, disguised as a game and said that no man in his right mind would ever play golf: but he stuck at it for as long as hecould swing a club, revelled in its companionship and loved (tortured as he was) every moment  on a golf course.

And he wrote about it. This hugely enjoyable book gathers together for the first time the best of Cooke's golf writings, which display all the incomparable wit, the unexpected insights, the mischievous charm, the elegance and enchantment which made his famous for over sixty years as a broadcaster. Whether it is Arnold Palmer playing in 102 degree heat in San Antonio, dapper Gary Player winning the US OPEN AT Creve Coeur, Missouri, or Jack Nicklaus playing (and winning) almost anywhere, Allistair Cooke on his favourite sport is a rare and constant pleasure. (The book also reveals a surprising but persistent tendresse for Raquel Welch.)

• Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket
• First Edition 2007
• Size 16cm W x 24cm H
• 191 Pages in Good Condition

ISBN 0713999969

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