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An addition to the classic "Art of Coarse. . ." series. You already have an idea of what Coarse Drinking is if you have ever telephoned your host to apologise for your appalling behaviour at the party the night before. ... Read more

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In real life, as everyone knows, sex at its best is coarse. The romantic novelists, the sex therapists and the tabloid confessions may have you believe otherwise, but Michael Green knows the truth, and here, in the most hilarious and penetrating of his bestselling 'The Art of Coarse...' series, he exposes some of the lies of the great game. The dismal failure of out-door sex, the ghastly complexities and consequences of furtive affairs, whether in the office or in your best friend's car, the mysteries of sexual attraction and holiday romances, sex for the flagging middle-aged and sex in peculiar places are all fearlessly discussed. Being coarse doesn't prevent sex from being fun, however, and Michael Green, in his search to get to the bottom of Man's perennial fixation, has produced his funniest, wickedest, wittiest expose yet. It puts the French into belles lettres. ... Read more

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Severiano Ballesteros is charismatic and can be charming, but his personality comprises layers of intrigue. Robert Green has written an amazing portrait of the man whose mind has been described as 'a private forest, a place impenetrable, indeed dangerous to others'. Over the past twenty years no other journalist has enjoyed such regular contact with Seve - meetings, interviews, phone conversations and meals together, which have led to a video, a golf instruction book, many magazine features and now an autobiography. This extraordinary book begins with an incident on the first hole of the first series of fourball matches at the 1987 Ryder Cup, the year of Europe's first ever success in the USA, an incident encapsulating Seve's skill, bravado, what he brought to the Ryder Cup and his oft-expressed antipathy towards Americans. Green goes on to describe Seve's family and upbringing in Pedrena on Spain's North Coast, his first tour and first win.Seve's glory years: five major championships in ten seasons, not without grief, most notably in the Masters, where his two titles could easily have been five or six, are detailed; also how his skills and enormous popularity enabled the European Tour to flourish primarily based on his efforts. The section on the Ryder Cup describes how Seve emerged as a force and how without him, it wouldn't be the tournament it is today. The picture then turns blacker: the vehemence and verve with which Seve pursued victory in the Ryder Cup reflected the way he felt he had been treated on the US PGA Tour. Come September 2004, he became embroiled in a further spat after an apparent assault on a tour official in his home town. Green reveals Seve's dark side, the side the public seldom sees. With personal and third-party insights, he shows him how he is: his generosity, his gregariousness, his caprices and manipulativeness, his business affairs, his relationships with past managers, his relationship with his wife Carmen and his three children. ... Read more

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More majors for whining than for his golf
This book is one long whine from beginning to end. Poor Seve, he won a few but for every one he didn't win he has an excuse - it was always someone else's fault, or the course, or something.
I'm not an American, and Seve has a long history with American golfers and spectators, but even a Spaniard couldn't stomach this long series of complaints.
Also there are numerous errors in this book of the type that indicate that the ghost writer - no Seve didn't really write it - makes such obvious mistakes that show he doesn't know anything about golf. For example, on p.161 where Mark James and Howard Clark are playing Curtis Strange and Payne Stewart and then the book states that "Mark and James recovered from one down with three holes to play." That is, the first name and surname of one European are used for the forenames/surnames of both Europeans. There are at least 3 or 4 similar mistakes that require no effort to detect. Seve didn't write it and he didn't check it and neither the editor nor the writer are very competent.
Anyway, the book is of little interest 20 years after Seve did anything - he can't break 80 now; what is it with fine golfers who completely lose their game? That would have been interesting but it's not discussed. Seve could shoot 65 as as 15-year-old and shoots 80 now (can't break 80 now?) - now telling that that would be a story.
Lots in the book about the Ryder Cup but frankly, the Ryder Cup would be a whole lot better if the old British Commonwealth (UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India, etc.) played the USA. Forget the Europeans, they had a good decade or two but that's it, the Commonwealth and the USA are the history of golf for the last 130 years. I'm just glad that this book was given to me and I didn't pay for it. D minus. ... Read more

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A reissue of the guide that identifies the Coarse Golfer as the one who goes from tee to green without touching the fairway, and has to shout "Fore" when he putts. ... Read more

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Hilarious, even to a non-golfer
Simply one of the funniest books I have ever read.

It is hard to write humor-I know, I have tried. And it is even harder to makes golf funny to a non-golfer like me.

But this books succeeds, in spades. While I am not a golfer, I had trouble reading some sections, as my eyes were tearing so from laughing. I also highly recommend his "Art of Coarse Sailing".

Highly recommended.

Very funny if you know anything about golf
I only ever played one round of golf, persuaded to join a day out for the whole office. My equally incompetent opponent and I had a competitive match until he stopped counting his score so I won the match with a score of 270 although I might have won even if he'd kept his core till the end. My reward for this dubious victory was to be presented with the first edition of this book when I eventually left the company. It's not difficult to see why this book was chosen for me.

The author takes an amusing look at all the things that can and do go wrong on a golf course. The opening chapter describes an episode in which a wayward drive sends a ball on to the nearby road and into the window of a passing lorry, leading to a very amusing sequence of events.

There is a particularly funny, albeit politically incorrect, episode about two women golfers. The basis of this chapter is that bad golfers spend a lot of time in the rough but that while men just want to get their ball back into play, women can actually enjoy this aspect of the game as it gives them the chance to study the local wildlife. Sometimes a wayward drive takes them into a wood full of primroses or bluebells. At other holes, they have a chance to study nesting birds.

The author asserts that men interpret the rules (such as moving unplayable balls) to suit themselves. Of course, these players are never going to be good enough to play in an event with an official to enforce the rules correctly.

There are many other amusing events in this book covering water hazards, course etiquette (or lack thereof), golf handicap ratings and equipment. Some bad golf strokes are given names - the knurdle, the jobble and the rigor mortis among them.

While this is a fairly short book, it is hilarious from start to finish if you know anything about golf played by normal people - a world away from the professional stuff. ... Read more

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The second edition of this text on the complex fields of public and private sector letting takes full account of legislative and common law developments, including the new forms. The appendix includes examples of leases and specific advice regarding typical problems encountered by both landlord and tenant in practice. ... Read more

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A reissue designed to appeal to a new generation of Coarse Rugby players. It contains all the truly fine points of the game, from how best to take advantage of a blind, short-sighted or deaf referee to how to avoid paying for the beer after the match. ... Read more

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rules? what rules?
There's much in this delightful little book that will remind you of Stephen Potter's "upmanship" books, as in gamesmanship.Potter, however, tended to emphasize the psychological ploys, and "winning games without actually cheating".You'll get the full gamut, however, in the Art of Coarse Rugby--psychology, rule-bending, and outright cheating.All done in good--or bad--fun. You'll read about the Old Rottinghamians, and their arch-foe the Bagford Vipers.You'll read about Slasher Williams ("so called because of his habit of letting his nails grow long in the rugby season").

It's suggested that one should always carry a small penknife, so that if you're ahead and worried about the other side catching up, you surreptiously puncture the rugby ball (in the Old Rottinghamian matches, spare rugby balls are an extreme rarity).If you have false teeth, leave them with the referee.If you need to bite an opponent, retrieve them from the ref, bite away, and return them to the ref.Having blood-spattered goalposts on your home turf can work wonders. Tell your rivals that you're taking up a collection before the match for an opponent in the previous match who had both his legs broken by a particularly vicious tackle by one of your players.There are suggestions about drawing up ambiguous instructions to help your opponents find your ground--hoping that 4-5 will get lost, and then if you must loan the other club a player, you always have a real ringer available.Bribing groundskeepers to close the field 15 minutes early when you're in the lead is a must.And so on.

We're not talking about the Lions here, or the All-Blacks, just low-level club rugby.You'll find this book lots of fun!

Funniest book in years
I read the original edition in the 1960's, and desperately want to find a copy.

It was one of the funniest books I ever read, but will appeal only to those who play, or are at least familiar with, rugby.

hilarious stories of those not able to be on the first side!
I laughed so hard reading this book!After reading his book you can tell if you are a rugger (play on the first side) or a coarse rugby player (play on the other sides).A must read for all rugby footballers ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Swiss News, published by Swiss News on May 1, 2010. The length of the article is 361 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Here comes the sun!
Author: Kati Clinton Robson
Publication: Swiss News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2010
Publisher: Swiss News
Issue: 5Page: 3(1)

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