Summary
When his father dies suddenly, Grant Gordon’s life descends into freefall. Having long harboured an obsession with the British in India, and in particular what they did for recreation, Grant goes to find the golf courses the British built during the Raj and decides to play them.
Along the way, he has a golf lesson on the highest golf course in the world, in the mountains of Kashmir; negotiates cobras, peacocks and monkeys in Delhi - on a course moulded by the British around the r…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849017213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849017212 |
| Author: | Grant Gordon |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 225mm x 149mm x 30mm |
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A very enjoyable - and indeed educational - read.– Golf Monthly
A very enjoyable - and indeed educational - read. - Golf Monthly
About The Author
Grant Gordon
Grant Gordon is a musician, radio maker and writer. He played drums and bass in the chart pop band The Divine Comedy. He was the presenter/writer/producer of BBC Radio 4’s magic programme Between Your Very Ears (2008). He also wrote, produced and directed BBC Radio 2’s celebration of David Bowie, Berlin:Soundz Decadent (2007). He has written and produced audio-visual material for BBC News in India and Vietnam, and has written about India for various travel magazines. In the 1990s, he worked in the Channel 4 Press Office, publicising programmes like Dispatches, TFI Friday and Brass Eye, and working as Michael Grade’s corporate spy. He lives in London.
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