Slim and None

Review

Praise for Dan Jenkins:

"Dan Jenkins is a comic genius." —Don Imus

"Dan Jenkins is the nearest thing to Ring Lardner this generation has ever seen. No one has captured the essential lunacy of the twentieth-century sports (and TV) scene as accurately and hilariously as this." —The Los Angeles Times

"Jenkins is hilarious, providing more laughs per page than any other writer in the 'bidness.'" —People

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The uproarious sequel to the national bestseller The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist finds Bobby Joe Grooves at the most critical point in his career—and still hell-bent on challenging PGA decorum and common sense.

Introduced in Dan Jenkins’s previous uproarious novel of the pro golf tour, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, Bobby Joe Grooves is now forty-four and still without a win in a major championship. A student of golf lore, Bobby Joe is well aware that only a small group of stars have ever won a major at his age or older, and among them are such immortals as Nicklaus, Boros, Irwin, and Trevino. It’s now or never for Bobby Joe, and excuse him for thinking that his chances are slim and none.

So it’s off to the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the rest of the PGA Tour for Bobby Joe, who’s leaving behind the prospect of a third ex-wife. On the golf courses he’ll face familiar competitors such as Knut Thorssun and Cheetah Farmer, but the rival who may loom the largest is the game’s newest child star, nineteen-year-old Scott Pritchard. His talents are the talk of the Tour—so is his arrogance—and so, by the way, is his stunning mom, Gwendolyn, a shapely adorable woman who captures Bobby Joe’s full attention and threatens not to let go.

Long revered by his peers as one of the world’s best sportswriters, and beloved by readers for such classics as Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect, Dan Jenkins is at the top of his form in Slim and None. It’s packed with authentic insider gems about each of the majors and hilarious sketches of many of the characters—touring pros, officials, media, agents, caddies, and ladies—who inhabit this outrageous and endearing world of sports.

About the Author

FROM OUR EDITORS

Last seen in The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Art, golfer Bobby Joe Grooves is now on the wrong side of 40 and still without a major tournament win. Realizing that his career has reached the now-or-never stage, Grooves makes a final bid for PGA glory. Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect author Dan Jenkins uses Bobby Joe's comic heroic quest to offer us a hilarious insider's view of big-time golf.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The uproarious sequel to the national bestseller The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist finds Bobby Joe Grooves at the most critical point in his career—and still hell-bent on challenging PGA decorum and common sense.

Introduced in Dan Jenkins's previous uproarious novel of the pro golf tour, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, Bobby Joe Grooves is now forty-four and still without a win in a major championship. A student of golf lore, Bobby Joe is well aware that only a small group of stars have ever won a major at his age or older, and among them are such immortals as Nicklaus, Boros, Irwin, and Trevino. It's now or never for Bobby Joe, and excuse him for thinking that his chances are slim and none.

So it's off to the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the rest of the PGA Tour for Bobby Joe, who's leaving behind the prospect of a third ex-wife. On the golf courses he'll face familiar competitors such as Knut Thorssun and Cheetah Farmer, but the rival who may loom the largest is the game's newest child star, nineteen-year-old Scott Pritchard. His talents are the talk of the Tour—so is his arrogance—and so, by the way, is his stunning mom, Gwendolyn, a shapely adorable woman who captures Bobby Joe's full attention and threatens not to let go.

Long revered by his peers as one of the world's best sportswriters, and beloved by readers for such classics as Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect, Dan Jenkins is at the top of his form in Slim and None. It's packed with authentic insider gems about each of the majors and hilarious sketches of many of the characters—touring pros,officials, media, agents, caddies, and ladies—who inhabit this outrageous and endearing world of sports.

SYNOPSIS

Introduced in Dan Jenkins’s previous uproarious novel of the pro golf tour, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, Bobby Joe Grooves is now forty-four and still without a win in a major championship. A student of golf lore, Bobby Joe is well aware that only a small group of stars have ever won a major at his age or older, and among them are such immortals as Nicklaus, Boros, Irwin, and Trevino. It's now or never for Bobby Joe, and excuse him for thinking that his chances are slim and none.

So it's off to the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the rest of the PGA Tour for Bobby Joe, who's leaving behind the prospect of a third ex-wife. On the golf courses he'll face familiar competitors such as Knut Thorssun and Cheetah Farmer, but the rival who may loom the largest is the game's newest child star, nineteen-year-old Scott Benson. His talents are the talk of the Tour—so is his arrogance—and so, by the way, is his stunning mom, Gwendolyn, a shapely, adorable woman who captures Bobby Joe's full attention and threatens not to let go.

Long revered by his peers as one of the world's best sportswriters, and beloved by readers for such classics as Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect, Dan Jenkins is at the top of his form in Slim and None. It's packed with authentic insider gems about each of the majors and hilarious sketches of many of the characters—touring pros, officials, media, agents, caddies, and ladies—who inhabit this outrageous and endearing world of sports.

Author Bio:

DAN JENKINS is the author of nine previous novels, including Semi-Tough, Dead Solid Perfect, Baja Oklahoma, Rude Behavior, and most recently The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist. He has also published seven books of nonfiction, most notably Fairways and Greens and The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate. He writes an enduringly popular monthly column for Golf Digest. He divides his time between his native Fort Worth, Texas, and New York City.

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