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"Brilliant."
--GQ
"Hilarious."
-- The Times (London)
"A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behavior, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor."
-- The Mirror
From Kill Your Friends author John Niven, The Amateurs is a side-splitting and whip-smart examination of golf, infidelity, and how little white balls make some men insane.
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"A raucous, filthy novel of golf."--Waterstone's Books Quarterly
"This tale of Gary Irvine, a hopeless golfer who, after an accident, becomes a phenomenal player, is peppered with brilliant moments."--GQ
"You don't have to love golf to thoroughly enjoy this rollicking and at times howlingly funny novel about the game.....[Niven] also sneaks in some bona fide insights about family, and gratifying plotlines of revenge, romance, and friendship."--Penthouse
"Believe it or not, this novel makes golf look interesting. Trust me. This is a writer who could wring laughs out of pretty well anything. . . . Hilarious."--The Times (London)
"A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behaviour, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor."--The Mirror
"The Amateurs shouldn't work yet Niven is a master storyteller who switches between humour and violence with disconcerting ease."--Shortlist
"Brilliantly funny....That it is hugely entertaining is not a surprise but the fact that I lost hours reading about golf courses, and actually cared, is this month's most winning pleasure."--Word magazine
"The Amateurs is a comedic piece of lad-lit filled with golf and gangsters . . . the author of Kill Your Friends proves that one's second novel can be just as humorous as the first."--Scottish Review of Books
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"This tale of Gary Irvine, a hopeless golfer who, after an accident, becomes a phenomenal player, is peppered with brilliant moments."--GQ
"You don't have to love golf to thoroughly enjoy this rollicking and at times howlingly funny novel about the game.....[Niven] also sneaks in some bona fide insights about family, and gratifying plotlines of revenge, romance, and friendship."--Penthouse
"Believe it or not, this novel makes golf look interesting. Trust me. This is a writer who could wring laughs out of pretty well anything. . . . Hilarious."--The Times (London)
"A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behaviour, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor."--The Mirror
"The Amateurs shouldn't work yet Niven is a master storyteller who switches between humour and violence with disconcerting ease."--Shortlist
"Brilliantly funny....That it is hugely entertaining is not a surprise but the fact that I lost hours reading about golf courses, and actually cared, is this month's most winning pleasure."--Word magazine
"The Amateurs is a comedic piece of lad-lit filled with golf and gangsters . . . the author of Kill Your Friends proves that one's second novel can be just as humorous as the first."--Scottish Review of Books
From the author of Kill Your Friends comes a tale of infidelity, contract killing and ... golf.
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