From Publishers Weekly
The member-guest golf weekend at the Easthelmsford (read: Southampton, N.Y.) Country Club (ECC) is an opportunity for upstate lawyer Augie Wittenbecher to spend some time with his old friend Gordon McSweeney. But Gordon has been careening downhill: he has an unsatisfying, low-paying job; a disintegrating marriage; a household in shambles; and he appears to view life through an alcoholic haze. Augie's discomfort is exacerbated by the fact that Gordon's superficial wife, Catherine, is determined to seduce him right under his host's roof. During the course of the weekend, Augie becomes attracted to Azy Flannery, a daughter of a snooty Easthelmsford family who also happens to be the fiancee of Augie's boyhood nemesis. In an unlikely sequence of events, Augie and Azy cram six months' surreptitious courtship into three days, resulting in the alienation of Catherine; Augie's weekend date, Betty; and the entire ECC. Amid these shenanigans, Augie and Gordon manage to win a few of their matches, further enraging the establishment. Robinson ( The Whole Truth ) is an obvious golf maven, and his writing is literate and often insightful. But much of the plot is too incredible to be taken seriously, and the ribbon-tied conclusion is the stuff of fairy tales.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Small-town lawyer and avid golfer Augie Wittenbecher joins old buddy Gordon McSweeney for a guest-member tournament at the super-affluent Easthelmsford Country Club on Long Island's South Shore. In the opening chapters, Augie inadvertently beds hapless Gordon's wife Catherine, crosses paths with old prep school enemy Gil Plumber, and, finally, falls into love-at-first-sight with Gil's fiancee Azy. At its core, this entertaining summer novel is about golf--rules/etiquette of the game, clubhouse psycholo gy, and one-upmanship, plus lots of tour nament action with Augie and Gordon emerging triumphant. At tale's end, a newly confident Gordon forgives Augie for the indiscretion; Augie punches out overbearing Gil, then drives off with beautiful Azy. A good, sexy novel for adult readers who love golf.
- James B. Hemesath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- James B. Hemesath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
