{"product_id":"2940169151459","title":"Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf","description":"\u003cp\u003eGolf is neither work nor play, John Updike tells us: \"Golf is a trip.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolf has been the subject of many books and the province of many experts, but few have written as sympathetically, or as knowingly, about the peculiar charms of bad golf, and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Updike has been writing about golf since he took the game up at the age of twenty-five. In the nearly forty years of pleasurable bafflement that have followed, he has composed essays for \u003cb\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/b\u003e and short stories for \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e concerning the sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis memories, insights, and witty remarks make this a truly unique audiobook. John Updike will tell you, in his own voice and his own words, how he learned the game, plays the game, and loves the game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097765134576,"sku":"2940169151459","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169151459_p0.jpg?v=1763673913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169151459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}