Briefly, the goal here is to create a good novel. The hope is the game of golf might also be enjoyed this way– with eyes fixed upon a rich moral tale. Nicolas Kumar tells the story of a 17-year-old’s attempt to scratch out some understanding of his place in this world. It is a quite unsentimental [...]
Archive for November 7, 2009
Hello World!
Posted: November 7, 2009 by Chris Collins in NOVEL, golf bookTags: adventure, golf book, Himalayas, India, NOVEL, outdoors, trekking
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Inspiration for — Nicolas Kumar
Posted: November 7, 2009 by Chris Collins in Pico Iyer, golf book, self-reflection, spiritual journeyTags: angkor wat, golf in the kingdom, Michael Murphy, Phnom Penh, Pico Iyer
I was living in Cambodia at the time, in the Khmer ghetto surrounding Boeung Kok Lake in Phnom Penh, writing my first short story. I had just finished reading Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy (the classic of the genre). And I came downstairs from my little rented room hot, wanting to talk to somebody about it. The first person I [...]
