Buy dead solid perfect reprint by mr dan jenkins isbn. Along the way, kenny lee runs into an unfaithful wife and a rival named donny smithern. Pelz has coached stars such as phil mickelson and was the visionary behind the 60degree wedge. Dead solid perfect 1988, inconceivable 1998, joysticks 1983, kisses in the dark 1994, the beach girls 1982. Dead solid perfect was a masterwork when my dad tossed it on my bed, which happened to sit 45 yards from the 17th tee on the north course of turf valley country club in roughly 1976. The only golf book youll ever need by dan jenkins mar 17, 2015. Three of his bestselling novelssemitough, dead solid perfect. I downloaded the book to reread a scene so that i can recall it in front of a large crowd of. Dead solid perfect randy quaid kathryn harrold jack warden 1988 a wild pro golfer randy quaid with a fedup wife kathryn harrold tries to get his. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dead solid perfect. I bought a copy of dead solid perfect of ebay a few years ago. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Great book, a unique narrative with historical figures, phenomenal cast in. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
Lively off the rinks but as the nothingis deadsolidperfect title suggests, pucketts dunlop 4, accustomed to the rough, lands just off the green. Renowned author dan jenkins has kicked off 2017 in style with another terrific book. Follow the sun, dead solid perfect, tin cup, and the greatest. Dead solid perfect, books by george plimpton and john updike and herbert warren wind. The legendary golf novel, rereleased in a special edition with a new foreword by the author. A modern classic among 20thcentury sports novels, dead solid perfect is jenkins hilarious sendup of professional golfers and the often ludicrous reality of life on the tour 4 out of 5 stars an all time classic. Dan jenkins, sportswriter and author of comic football novel semi. Dead solid perfect by dan jenkins fantastic fiction. The legendary golf novel, rereleased in a special edition with a new foreword by the. Jenkins sometimes wavers a tad, but just between you and me, every now and then you need a dan jenkins novel to scrape off the crust of the politically correct climate out there and get down to the nitty gritty of life and not take things so seriously. Even this book, set in the eighties, really speaks of a fort worth and golf world of the 50s and 60s. Dan jenkins sure put a lot of golf cliches in that movie.
The raunchy, sexy, vulgarity of semitough moves to golf as kenny lee puckett, a relative of ol billy clyde, tries to win the u. Dead solid perfect original soundtrack recording licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of bsx records. His many novels include bestsellers like semitough, baja oklahoma, and dead solid perfectall of which were made into. If the edges are starting to get wore, but the book is otherwise in good condition, we may have clear tape reinforcing the edges. Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. It was produced by hbo films and based on the novel of the same name by dan jenkins and written and directed by bobby roth.
Newsweek dan jenkins is the nearest thing to ring lardner this generation has ever seen. We do not accept books with water damage, strong smoke smell, or just plain beat up. That glory game chapter from dogged victims comes to life here along with his reallife pals foot the free, matty, willard peacock and their schemes. Dead solid perfect, by dan jenkins legendary golf writer dan jenkins will have you laughing with every turn of the page in this novel about life on the pga tour. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Dead solid perfect jenkins first golf novel features kenny lee puckett his nephew, billy clyde puckett, was the hero of semitough and his quest to win the u. Popular novelist dan jenkins is well known in the golf world for his column in golf digest.
And nowhere is that genius more evident than in dead solid perfect, his uproarious 1974 novel about life on the pga tour. Find books like dead solid perfect from the worlds largest community of readers. In the text, there is a combination of comedic genius, and a true love for the subject matter, the game of golf. Lookie here kenny a man can travel far and wide, all the way to shame or glory and back again but he aint gonna find nothin in this old world thats dead solid perfect. Based on a novel by dan jenkins, this drama originally aired on cable television. Dead solid perfect is a 1988 american film following the life of a professional golfer on the pga tour.
This is vintage jenkinsprofane, outrageous, and sharpeyed in its parody of the overblown world of bigtime golf. Dan jenkins is the author of ten novels, including semitough, dead solid perfect, the moneywhipped steerjob threejack giveup artist, and slim and none. Can tell you without hesitation that the stories, writing and books authored by the great dan jenkins were all dead solid perfect. When dead solid perfect was first published in 1974, golfers in real. A whore in one from the original soundtrack recording for dead solid perfect duration. Goodreads members who liked dead solid perfect also liked. To some, kenny lee puckett, the star of jenkinss ribald saga, is a more important figure in the history of golf than bobby jones himself. Full archive of her photos and videos from icloud leaks 2020 here.
Jenkinss other novels, dead solid perfect and baja. It is also distinguished by a climactic golf match that may be the funniest scene hes ever written. Dead solid perfect ebook by dan jenkins rakuten kobo. Dead solid perfect has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Dan jenkins is an original wit, a sports writing sage, and a literary hero. Overall, dead solid perfect is a tired and weak plagiarism of jenkinss own semitough i salute the author of that book about football but will take a cigarette in the lobby to wait for. If you are looking for a new golf book to buy, we got you covered. While some think this movie is corny i really like it. Overall, dead solid perfect is a tired and weak plagiarism of jenkinss own semitough i salute the author of that book about football but. Add 50 some years of experience reporting on the game, and mr. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dead solid perfect may be the funniest book written by one of this countrys great talents, dan jenkins. Jenkins spent more than 60 years as a sportswriter, beginning in his. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.