The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport Audiobook

" If you like Hiassen's fiction books and you are a golfer, you will love this book. He is a wonderful writer "

" Failed to be interesting. "

" Very entertaining. It will make me think twice about buying stuff to improve my game....though God know I need something! "

" Really funny - love Carl! "

" This book kept me laughing the whole way through! It is about golfing and I could imagine myself in every situation he got himself into. Loved it!Every golfer must read. "

" A humorous The Old Man and the Sea for golfers. I should be more entertained by his amusing anecdotes, but it's hard to muster sympathy for a 50-year old guy who, after taking the game after 30 years, already has a lower handicap than me after 6 months. Cry me a river. "

" If you read the first 30 pages you have read the whole book. Although it had a couple humorous parts it was very reptitive and very boring. "

" This was an amusing look at a newly-returned-to-the-sport, middle-aged golfer in Florida. Since I don't golf it was less informative than it might be to others, but still very entertaining. I got a little education about golf and the Florida links, and chuckled along the way. "

" Fun book, eventhough I am not a golfer. "

" Mostly for the golf lingo. "

" Even if you don't care about golf, this is a fine book; it's fun to hang out with Hiaasen as he walks you through the pastime and its strange connotations. "

" Hiaasen kvetches about his travails. It's amusing, but doesn't really have enough "plot" to make it a compelling read. "

" Laughed my butt off! "

" Hiaasen is probably my favorite author, but this isn't my favorite book. Basically his personal story of picking up the game of golf after a 30 year absence from the game. As always, he is hilarious, but this book is missing much of the satire that makes me love his writing. "

" A golfer returns to the sport after a 30 year hiatus and documents his journey to trying to become better. "

" The frog golf was unbelievible "

" A good little memoir about a sport that drives all us fans crazy. Hiaasen hits all the right notes regarding the love/hate/love relationship all us duffers go through. Makes me wanna get out to Cog and play a round before the snows hit "

" A fantastically funny book. "

" Entertaining read for anyone who has ever played golf. "

" Carl Hiaasen's story of his return to the game of golf after 3 decades away from the links. If you really like golf, you would enjoy this book. If you don't like golf or are not an avid player, you would probably be bored. "

" a great read for a golfer. Lots of father/son golf reminisce passages and loads of golf nomemclature....so if you do not golf, do not readmthis book. a fair bit of blue language, but hey, that is golf. "

" This had me bursting with laughter throughout. "

" Still working this one. With very short and humorous chapters, this is more of a filler book for me. I'll finish it someday but for now just light reading when the mood strikes, usually before or after playing tiger woods golf on the wii. "

" It was a cute silly story but lost my interest around pg220. Too many side stories that weren't that fun.I stopped reading it about 3/4 way through. "

" Not near as good as some of his others. "

" Crazy characters and lots of fun... Good beach read. "

" I've read lots of Carl Hiaasen's books. He's laugh-out-loud funny. This one was decent, but it didn't hold my attention as much as some of his others. The best part might have had to do with a cattle prod. Naturally. "

" Really funny. I loved the torture dished out by Skink, it would be a great way to punish pedophiles. "

" a fun read, but not one of his best "

" I love Carl Hiaasen's offbeat sense of humor. The novel got off to a great start but fizzled out a bit later. "

" how does he make up this stuff? you will laugh til you hurt. "

" Amusing, but not his best stuff. "

" Slick, but not really my cup of tea. "

" not his best, but funny and quirky, as only CH can be "