The Foursome

By Troon Mcallister

Book Overview

Golf fiction’s finest hustler—The Green's Eddie Caminetti—returns in a laugh-out-loud novel featuring a foursome of upwardly mobile golf fanatics who get their just rewards.Tired of hustling for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385499108
• ISBN13: 9780385499101
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Welcome Back Eddie

Troon McAllister strikes again. So does Eddie Caminetti of course. This is episode two for McAllister's wonderful character, a broader and less spotlighted episode (in the first Caminetti plays in the Ryder Cup), but still a wonderfully funny story filled with instantly recognizable characters.A more subtle and intricately constructed book than The Green, this is the story of 4 wealthy friends who go off in search of a memorable golf vacation. They certainly find one and along the way we are treated to a most memorable golf novel. Golf, human nature and comedy are baked in liberal quantities in this fantastic yarn about hustling, greed and character flaws. So much is packed into these pages it's difficult to imagine the author has much scope left for a third episode for Eddie Caminetti. Lovers of Golf novels can only hope . . .

Long and Down the Middle

The Foursome, along with The Green, are extremely fun and entertaining reads. For golfing fans, these books are written so well and the images crafted so vividly that you can not help but be drawn into the competition on the pages. Main character, Eddie Caminetti will keep you rivited to every word he says,and you should listen and learn from them. I can't wait for more from Mr. Mcallister.

A perfect gem, and not to be missed

What a mistake to think this one is only for golfers! A beautiful morality tale wrapped in a thriller inside a masterfully written piece of literature. I can hardly wait for the movie...

One of the most entertaining books of the year.

What do you think would happen if you and three of your best golfing and gambling buddies were set down in the middle of a lush tropical isle where you had nothing to do but eat and drink and play golf on the world's most beautiful course? Would it turn out to be the experience of a lifetime -- or Lord of the Flies? That in a nutshell is the premise of Troon McAllister's The Foursome, a follow-up to The Green. But to call this a book about golf would be like saying Moby Dick is about a whale. Troon McAllister, almost alone among today's novelists, has a true moral vision, and he wants to engage us with that vision as we watch these four friends move from callousness and cynicism (and far worse) to redemption as they interact with each other and the staff at the luxurious resort they've been mysteriously spirited off to. Along the way the author mixes in a dollop of social commentary (though never in a manner that gets in the way of the story), as well as a good deal of information about how certain sectors of the business world operate (or more correctly, mis-operate). McAllister also is able to combine humor and human pathos in a single sentence in a way that few authors can. All in all, this is one of the most entertaining books of the year, doing what novels are supposed to do: show us interesting people doing interesting things, and with more suspense than a dozen thrillers. I recommend it (and The Green) without reservation to anyone interested in golf ... or people.

An absorbing and funny tale of redemption

I love the way McAllister takes us right down to the characters' level instead of looking at them from on high; great ability to dive inside people's heads. Profound, yet still an exciting and very funny page turner. I don't know the first thing about golf but that sport is just a metaphor here - could have been lawn darts or cricket.