
The Franchise Babe
A Novel
Dan Jenkins(Author)
Anchor Books (Publisher)
Published on 9. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7679-2528-0 (ISBN)
Description
Jack Brannon, a golf writer in his forties who has been bunkered more than once in the marriage game, covers the sport for a big-time magazine. Bored with the PGA, he decides to check out "the Lolitas,” on the LPGA Tour. Jack chooses as a magazine subject Ginger Clayton, a fiery eighteen-year old whose killer looks and killer game make her the kind of star who can take the LPGA to the next level. She is, indeed, The Franchise Babe, and everyone wants a part of her, but someone, it seems, is trying to knock Ginger out of the competition-permanently. Filled with dead-on take downs of sports moms, adventurous promoters, suck-up corporate sponsors, double-dealing sports agents, and just enough menace to make golf dangerous, Dan Jenkins latest tale of hijinks on the links is not to be missed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7679-2528-0 (9780767925280)
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Person
Dan Jenkins is the author of eighteen novels and nonfiction books including Semi-Tough, Dead Solid Perfect, Baja Oklahoma, Life Its Ownself, Rude Behavior, Fairways and Greens, and most recently, Slim and None. Jenkins was an award-winning writer for Sports Illustrated for more than 20 years, and currently writes an enduringly popular column for Golf Digest. After a semi-lifetime in New York City, he now lives full-time in his native Fort Worth, Texas.