Name: The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
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Author: Carl Hiaasen
ISBN: 9780307266538

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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

Type

Physical Book

Author

Carl Hiaasen

Publisher

Knopf

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

207

Format

Hardcover

Weight

ISBN

0307266532

ISBN13

9780307266538

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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

Carl Hiaasen (Author) · Knopf · Hardcover

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Synopsis "The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport "

Ever wonder how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake? Or which club in your bag is best suited for combat against a horde of rats? If these and other sporting questions are gnawing at you, The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen’s hilarious confessional about returning to the fairways after a thirty-two-year absence, is definitely the book for you.Originally drawn to the game by his father, Carl wisely quit golfing in 1973, when “Richard Nixon was hunkered down like a meth-crazed badger in the White House, Hank Aaron was one dinger shy of Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record, and The Who had just released Quadrophenia.” But some ambitions refuse to die, and as the years—and memories of shanked 7-irons—faded, it dawned on Carl that there might be one thing in life he could do better in middle age than he could as a youth. So gradually he ventured back to the dreaded driving range, this time as the father of a five-year-old son—and also as a grandfather.“What possesses a man to return in midlife to a game at which he’d never excelled in his prime, and which in fact had dealt him mostly failure, angst and exasperation? Here’s why I did it: I’m one sick bastard.”And thus we have Carl’s foray into a world of baffling titanium technology, high-priced golf gurus, bizarre infomercial gimmicks and the mind-bending phenomenon of Tiger Woods; a maddening universe of hooks and slices where Carl ultimately—and foolishly—agrees to compete in a country-club tournament against players who can actually hit the ball. “That’s the secret of the sport’s infernal seduction,” he writes. “It surrenders just enough good shots to let you talk yourself out of quitting.”Hiaasen’s chronicle of his shaky return to this bedeviling pastime and the ensuing demolition of his self-esteem—culminating with the savage 45-hole tournament—will have you rolling with laughter. Yet the bittersweet memories of playing with his own father and the glow he feels when watching his own young son belt the ball down the fairway will also touch your heart. Forget Tiger, Phil and Ernie. If you want to understand the true lure of golf, turn to Carl Hiaasen, who has written an extraordinary book for the ordinary hacker.

Carl Hiaasen

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Carl Hiaasen nació el 12 de marzo de 1953 en Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Desde niño mostró pasión por la escritura, incentivado por su padre al regalarle una máquina de escribir. Se graduó en periodismo en 1974 y comenzó su carrera como reportero en el Miami Herald desde 1976, donde trabajó en distintos roles hasta convertirse en columnista de opinión entre 1985 y 2021.

Paralelamente a su labor periodística, Hiaasen inició su carrera literaria en los años ochenta colaborando con William D. Montalbano en varias novelas de misterio. Su debut en solitario llegó en 1986 con Tourist Season, una comedia satírica ambientada en Florida. Desde entonces ha publicado numerosas novelas para adultos, muchas de ellas bestsellers, famosas por mezclar humor mordaz, acción y una crítica corrosiva a la corrupción política y el ecologismo descuidado, todo ello con un estilo muy centrado en su estado natal.

También ha disfrutado de gran éxito entre lectores jóvenes. Su novela Hoot ganó un prestigioso reconocimiento en la literatura infantil y fue adaptada al cine. Además, ha escrito títulos como Bad Monkey —convertido recientemente en serie de televisión— y diversos libros de humor y sátira política.

Hiaasen es considerado uno de los grandes cronistas sarcásticos de Florida, combinando un compromiso ambiental con un humor irreverente que ha conquistado a miles de lectores.

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