Golf in the Kingdom

...for golf's soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture. -- Golf A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy--John Updike called this unique novel a golf classic if any exists in our day. Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himselfPaired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by true gravity. A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairway--the one they call Lucifer's Rug. A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf. --San Francisco Chronicle A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life. --Joseph Campbell