Summoned by Balls - Hardcover

Praise for Christopher Matthew's previous work: 'The pick of the crop' -- The Times 'Wise, perceptive and very funny' -- Independent on Sunday 'The most brilliant book of poems' -- The Oldie 'A wonderful present' -- Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph 'A witty collection of verse for anyone who has ever trodden the fairway...Funny, touching and perceptive' -- Daily Express 20051129 'Matthew has proved time and again what an old pro he is at the almost lost art of writing humorous verse' -- Martin Rowson, Independent on Sunday 20051211 'Matthew's gift for pastiche is now so polished that he overcomes the qualms of even the most fanatical Wodehouse fan, such as me' -- Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail 20051202

Bestselling wit Christopher Matthew looks at the meaning of life through golf and golfers - whether super-rich, globe-trotting professionals or weekend amateurs hacking round in 100 or more. As everyone knows who ever strode a fairway with club in hand and hope in heart, there is more to golf than knocking a little ball round the countryside. All human life can be found between the first hole and the nineteenth, and every emotion - ecstasy, despair, love, hatred, reconciliation, revenge. Especially revenge. These verses - based on poems by the likes of Kipling, Betjeman, Tennyson and Browning - cover the subject from golf bores, bossy lady captains, golfing on the moon and club grub to golf widows, golfing dogs, and feeble excuses. They may not improve your swing, but they'll make you a better person in the rough, or in the bar.