{"product_id":"amateurs-the","title":"Amateurs, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You don't have to love golf to thoroughly enjoy this rollicking and at times howlingly funny novel about the game.....[Niven] also sneaks in some bona fide insights about family, and gratifying plotlines of revenge, romance, and friendship.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Believe it or not, this novel makes golf look interesting. Trust me. This is a writer who could wring laughs out of pretty well anything. . . . Hilarious.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent, and outrageous. . . . Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behaviour, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humor.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e shouldn't work yet Niven is a master storyteller who switches between humour and violence with disconcerting ease.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliantly funny....That it is hugely entertaining is not a surprise but the fact that I lost hours reading about golf courses, and actually cared, is this month's most winning pleasure.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWord\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This tale of Gary Irvine, a hopeless golfer who, after an accident, becomes a phenomenal player, is peppered with brilliant moments.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eGQ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A raucous, filthy novel of golf.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eWaterstone's Books Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedic piece of lad-lit filled with golf and gangsters . . . the author of \u003ci\u003eKill Your Friends\u003c\/i\u003e proves that one's second novel can be just as humorous as the first.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eScottish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67620252582255,"sku":"9780061875892","price":115.29,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0061875899.jpg?v=1790721060","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/amateurs-the","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}