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Gullane is a small town of a few thousand people a dozen miles east of Edinburgh. Gullane Hill stands out proud and solitary - according to locals, it was put there by God so it could be used for golf and nothing but. This is an account of a year the author and his family spent there.
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'This book by the well-respected author, Curtis Gillespie, offers an interesting and unique mix of golf and autobiography amid the game’s hallowed settings in Scotland -– the experiences of a golfing historian turned writer. The descriptions tickled fond memories for me.'
ARNOLD PALMER
'Curtis Gillespie is a beautiful writer, with an exquisite touch reminiscent of John Updike. He can describe the ephemera of the natural world and the fragility of human relationships with the same sure hand. PLAYING THROUGH is a book about golf, history, friendship and the love of family; it is compelling and evocative and memorable in the very best sense.'
ALISTAIR MACLEOD, author of NO GREAT MISCHIEF
'PLAYING THROUGH is one of those special books that comes along only about as often as your favourite links course appears on the Open Rota –- an elegiac tribute to life’s most wonderful and complex game and the enduring bonds it creates, a beautifully rendered meditation on what it means to be a good son, a loving father, and a lasting friend of the game. If I could recommend but one book this year, this would be it.'
JAMES DODSON, author of FINAL ROUNDS
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