Golf in the Kingdom -- Michael Murphy

<b>...for golf's soul surfers, <i>Golf in the Kingdom</i> is holy scripture. --<i> Golf <p/></i><b>A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy--John Updike called this unique novel "a golf classic if any exists in our day."</b><br></b> <p/>Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by "true gravity." A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush's thirteenth fairway--the one they call Lucifer's Rug. <p/> "A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/> "A fascination . . . <i>Golf in the Kingdom</i> should have a long and prosperous life." --Joseph Campbell<br><br><b>Author:</b> Michael Murphy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Books<br><b>Published:</b> 10/01/1997<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.43lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.78h x 5.24w x 0.65d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140195491<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal</i> 10/01/1998 pg. 141<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 08/25/1997<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Michael Murphy began his quest into the nature of human potential in the late 1950s while a psychology major at Stanford University. After a year of graduate school, he spent 18 months in India, at t