MISSING LINKS ~ .Signed. *

REILLY, Rick

ISBN 10: 0385474431 / ISBN 13: 9780385474436

Published by Doubleday; Bantam; Dell, * * * * *, 1996

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B00k: Fine+/, $113.14 MISSING LINKS ~ .Signed. REILLY, Rick Doubleday; Bantam; Dell 1996 1sT Edition 6Th Printing D/j + H/c. Mostly Green Spine With One Black Rectangle And Title In White And Off~White Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Front Interior Flap,$21.95. Hard Cover Book: Fine+/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 278 Numbered Pages, Printed On Off~White Paper, In Fine+/ Condition, Appear To Be Lightly Viewed, Clean, And Tight To The Spine. Book Plate Signed By Author, Opposite ½ Title Page, With A Medium Tipped Black Marking Pen, With His Name Only, As Follows, `Right In The Heart Rick Reilly`. SYNOPSIS: From Sports Illustrated Writer Rick Reilly Comes This Spoof Of All Things Golf And Country Club. Missing Links Is The Story Of Four Middle-Class Buddies Who Live Outside Boston And Play Golf Together At Ponkaquoque Municipal Course And Deli, Not So Fondly Known As Ponky. An 18-Hole Garbage Dump With Hazards That Include A Concrete River Surrounded By A Chain-Link Fence And The Pillars Of The Elevated Train That Runs Through The Course, It Is Reputed To Be The Worst Golf Course In America. One Day The Group Inadvertently Discovers That All Along They'Ve Been Playing Right Next Door To The Mayflower Club, A True Golfing Eden. A Bet Is Made Between The Friends To See Who Will Be First To Sneak In A Round At The Mayflower, But Their Friendships--And Everything Else--Will Change As Various Truths Unravel And The Old Ponky Starts Looking Like The Home They Never Should Have Left. The Rollicking Plot Also Includes The Narrator'S Attempts To Reach Some Sort Of Reasonable Understanding With His Overbearing Father. No Names, No Other Book Plates, No Stains, No Odor. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MISSING LINKS ~ .Signed. *
• Publisher: Doubleday; Bantam; Dell, * * * * *
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385474431
• ISBN 13: 9780385474436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: 1996 B00k: Fine+/,
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Raymond Lee Hart - better known to his unshaven buddies as Stick - has a pretty good life, most of it spent at Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Course and Deli, the single worst golf course in America. For Stick, Dannie, Two Down, Thud and the rest of the "Chops," Ponky is a little slice of paradise - if you picture paradise with a rusted-out '57 Chevy on the 8th hole and ninety-five-cent egg sandwiches waiting after the round. Mostly, the Chops like to bet, a habit that's about to get them into serious trouble.
Just adjacent to Ponky, over a twelve-foot-high hedge, lies the Mayflower Country Club, the most exclusive private club in all of Boston. For the Chops, it is both an irritant and a lure. Tortured by the Mayflower's immaculately manicured fairways and intrigued by its fanatical exclusivity, the Chops propose a bet. Stick, the devious Two Down, and the slyly beautiful Dannie, Stick's sometime bedmate, plunk down a thousand dollars each, a small fortune for people who sometimes take the bus to the course. The first to play all 18 holes at the Mayflower wins the pot. Lying, cheating and fraud are encouraged.
But as each of these three pursue their quest - and one another's money - the charm of their odd friendships, and their strange loyalty to Ponky, begin to unravel. One of the three will win The Bet, but it seems a hollow victory.
Missing Links is a tremendously funny novel, but it is also a book wise in the ways of friendship and family, broken dreams and unexpected gifts. Above all, Missing Links is a long overdue tribute to those unsung heroes of the game of golf, the dog-meat public course and the incurables who play it.

About the Author

Rick Reilly is senior writer for Sports Illustrated.