Perfect Lies: A Century of Great Golf Stories

In this unique anthology, Hallberg has collected 23 classic short stories by Wodehouse, Updike, Percy, Canin, and more--the ideal gift for literate golfers coast to coast.

Spanning 85 years and including writers from several countries, Perfect Lies features classic stories such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams", and new stories from rising stars. Includes a total of 25 stories.

Publishers Weekly

Baseball, as Hallberg ( The Rub of the Green ) notes in his introduction to this anthology of golf stories, lends itself to the depth and scope of the novel; golf ``thrives in a smaller literary area . . . which allows more personal conflicts to play themselves out.'' Hallberg has selected 23 tales, spanning the period from 1912 to the present. The earliest of these, Owen Johnson's ``Even Threes,'' is a surprisingly modern story of two duffers who play an almost perfect round and then can find no one to believe their accomplishment. While not all of the selections are truly ``golf'' stories (the game is peripheral to the storyline in F. Scott Fitzgerald's ``Winter Dreams,'' for example), the lineup of authors is impressive. Among them: P. G. Wodehouse, John Updike, Ethan Canin, Walker Percy and Ring Lardner, whose ``A Caddy's Diary'' captures precisely his unique style and perspective. A perfect gift for the dedicated golfer, this collection will offer solace on rained-out weekends. (June)