![]() Koerner, author of The Skies Belong to Us 'The stunning rise of China is usually told through upheaval in the country's politics and the economy. A book this richly observed and deeply humane is an all-too-rare beast these days read it, and then cherish it.' - Brendan I. ![]() By chronicling the ascent of golf in a nation whose newfound affluence has brought it as much turmoil as joy, Dan Washburn gets to the heart of what makes China's messy rise one of the century's most compelling tales. This is twenty-first-century China in all its vivid, surprising, and human contradictions.' - Evan Osnos, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China 'Every bit as energetic and ambitious as the burgeoning China it so evocatively portrays, The Forbidden Game is a truly memorable feat of reporting and storytelling. This is a tale about golf no more than Seabiscuit is a story about horseracing. A hole in one from Dan Washburn.' - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea and Logavina Street: Life and Death on a Sarajevo Street 'In his revealing and witty new book, Dan Washburn unearths a story that nobody knows: how the game that Chairman Mao denounced as the "sport for millionaires" stirred the dreams of farmers and soldiers, tantalized foreign pioneers, and provoked a Chinese crackdown. You can learn more from this engaging, well-written book about golf than from weightier tomes that have tried to tackle China's transformation. The Forbidden Game speaks volumes about how much this country has changed. As veteran "China watcher" Dan Washburn engrossingly reveals, it transpires that the game of golf is a barometer for all China's current concerns - economic growth,"'social harmony", corruption, the growing wealth gap and, most absorbing, the hopes and aspirations of at least one Chinese man who's daring to dream of a better future.' - Paul French, bestselling author of Midnight in Peking 'From a bourgeois pastime denounced by the Communist Party of China, golf became the embodiment of the new Chinese dream. Washburn captures China's shift from its agrarian roots toward more Western pursuits in this engaging story.' * Publishers Weekly * 'The Forbidden Game offers a thoroughly new window onto the "Chinese Dream". colourful account of the rise of golf in China.' - Financial Times 'An illuminating portrait of modern China' * New Statesman * 'Rigorously reported. ![]() An absorbing read.' * Golf Digest * 'Excellent. ![]() Gripping revealing' * The Economist * 'An intriguing study. this is a tale of modern China' * Wall Street Journal * 'Washburn focuses on the stories of three especially intriguing characters associated with the rise of golf in China, and in telling their stories he provides his readers with a sense of what the country was, is, and may become.' * NPR * 'Tackles great themes. a marvellous and subtle book' * Spectator * 'Strikingly original. vivid revealing." * Literary Review * 'Engrossing. 'Washburn weaves colourful narratives' * Financial Times, Best Books of the Year * "Compelling." * Los Angeles Review of Books * "I know of no narrative that surpasses The Forbidden Game.
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