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`Niven is a very funny writer and the pace and colourful characters recall the dizzying daftness of early Carl Hiaasen.' --Evening Herald (Ireland)
`a book that's impossible to put down'
--Sport Magazine
`a book that's impossible to put down'
--Sport Magazine
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From the author of Kill Your Friends comes a tale of infidelity, contract killing and ... golf.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't read this book in a library or like i did on a plane. I can't remember the last time i laughed so hard, the poor girl sitting next to me wondered what the hell was going on. With tears streaming from my eyes i had to close the book and finish it in the comfort of my own home. If you are Scottish, like me, and a bad golfer, like me, then this is the book you've been waiting all your life for. Like Irvine Welsh at his best Niven writes about the "dark side" in a hilarious fashion. The seventeenth hole on the last day of the Open Championship will stay with me for the rest of my life. My jaws are still aching. BUY THIS BOOK. Brilliant.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm 42, female & I don't like golf or even begin to understand it however, that did not detract from my enjoyment of this book in the slightest. This book is 'laugh out loud' funny. Ok, maybe a bit crude for some (I wouldn't let my 80 year old mother read it) - but still funny crude. It's also very sharply written & the characters are brilliantly observed. 'The Amateurs' is about a hell of a lot more than golf so don't let this put you off! Overall I thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable read which had me in stitches throughout.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quite unlike Kill Your Friends (Niven's scabrous debut about the music biz, a deliciously entertaining page-turner), The Amateurs is still an immensely lively read about a golf-obsessed amateur who miraculously makes it into the Open final. Highly recommended.
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5 star
fantastic,great,brilliant,outstanding, amazing, wonderful, funny, shocking, and an altogether mind bending read from the start to the finish and beyond even if you dont like golf
Published 26 days ago by jawonline
Audio book please...
I laughed out loud - a lot. But I couldn't help thinking that if it had been read by someone like Billy Connolly I might have actually died laughing! Please someone make it happen.
Published 2 months ago by Paul Springfield
Mixed about this one
Loved Niven's Killl your friends. This somehow seems to be slightly below par in writing style, plot and character development. Read more
Published 4 months ago by T. Jacobs
A pleasure to read
This book was recommended to me by a work colleague who over heard me talking about golf. I'm glad she did. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chris the Hacker
Very, very funny
Much funnier than Kill Your Friends, and for one good reason. Niven clearly detested the music business, but this book is bound up with warmth and love for real friends, family and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bristol Grump
Hilarious
I've been a big fan of Niven since I read Kill Your Friends. This book does not dissapoint. Being Scottish, I am perhaps a little biased, as I may get some of the references more... Read more
Published 10 months ago by snowman
Most entertaining book for a long time
I'm an Irvine Welsh fan and decided to look into this book as it was a suggested title because of my Amazon buying history. Read more
Published 10 months ago by ultimatebattlerampager
Laugh out loud funny!
You don't have to have played golf badly and come from Ayrshire, but it will help as this this book will be right up your street. Read more
Published 10 months ago by LordJim
A must for the Scottish golf fan!
I would highly recommend this if you enjoy a really good laugh when reading a book, well written and highly entertaining throughout. Read more
Published 12 months ago by geosco55
The Amateurs
Don't be fooled into thinking this is golfers book - golf just happens to be the setting for the funniest book you could hope to read. Buy this book - you will not be dissapointed
Published 12 months ago by graham45
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