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The Heart of a Goof

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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It was a morning when all nature shouted "Fore!" P.G. Wodehouse leads the listener out on to this little nine-hole course with a collection of nine golf stories, as observed by the Oldest Member. The stories included are: "The Heart of a Goof", "High Stakes", "Keeping in with Vosper", "Chester Forgets Himself", "The Magic Plus Fours", "The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh", "Rodney Fails to Qualify", "Jane Gets Off the Fairway", and "The Purification of Rodney Spelvin".
©2014 P. G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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"Wodehouse is the funniest writer - that is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of fun - that the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced." (The New Yorker)

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Fun with ok narration

Classic Wodehouse, funny story, but a bit dated.
I have heard better narration of this book. Could really have worked as a low level theatrical narration.
Again, funny Wodehouse stories and well worth your money or credit.

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Gloriously English

I am the wife of a golfer of 30 years experience and enjoyed these stories considerably although some of the golf language is very dated.
I love the subtlety and quaintness of Wodehouse and the wonderful accent of the narrator.
The length of the stories was convenient for listening to one at a time.
Most of all I love the 'Englishness' of these stories.
Any old or young golfer or observer of the game should get a good giggle or two out of this collection.

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