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Barranca: An Eddie Caminetti Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Troon Mcallister
Publisher: Rugged Land
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 906949
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8 x 0.4
ISBN: 1590710444
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781590710449
ASIN: 1590710444
Publication Date: March 15, 2005
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Product Description
Legendary curmudgeon and hustler extraordinaire Eddie Caminetti has taken on the Ryder Cup (The Green), unrepentant sinners (The Fourseome), and the entire golf equipment industry (Scratch). But enough with the small stuff: In Barranaca, Eddie is called upon by the U.S. government to go after a South American economic terrorist threatening the only commodity capable of destabilizing the entire Western Hemisphere.
Yes, Manuel Villa Lobos de Barranca is out to corner the market on coffee.
When a grande (medium) cup of Starbucks hits $20, riots break out in cities and towns all over America, worker productivity plummets, and the very fabric of society begins unraveling. But there's nothing the government can do about it because the scrupulously honest and upright de Barranca (Standford, '96) is running his revolution without firing a shot or breaking any laws, which makes him the most dangerous subversive since Gandhi.
But he's nuts about golf, positively fanatic about betting, and that's where Eddie Caminetti comes in. Armed with only fourteen weapons of mass destruction (the most you're allowed to carry in your bag), he sets up a match against de Barranca on which hangs the very fate of Western civilization.
In the hands of master storyteller Troon McAllister, impending doom has never been more fun.
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 Deep into the rough with no hope of redemption May 7, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have followed this series with passion. I have loved the three previous books. Each was cleaver, funny and deeply entertaining. For this book I had to struggle to keep reading it and had to put it down on several occassions. I have yet to finish the book! I have read about 80% of it and could not go further. Although some of the commentary about society and corporate sponsoring is amusing, the book was conspicuously lacking enough of Caminetti. I read the books because of HIM. If you want to write social commentary send an editorial to the newspaper or go on Larry King. I paid to read about Eddie and escape the issues of society. I hope that the next (if there is one) is stongly focused around eddie and his adventures. The earlier books were such good efforts that this was a HUGH disappointment.
 Excellent, on all counts April 9, 2005
I'm not enough of a critic to comment in detail, I just love to read and this book got to me in a big way, not the least of which was the number of my "hot buttons" that MacAllister was able to express a lot better than I could. It's a great story, filled with characters you hate to leave (even the bad guys), and just when you think you know what's really going on, you really don't. I'm going to read all of his other novels as soon as possible, with fingers crossed that they're as good as this one.
Troon goes "off-tackle" to create a huge winner April 2, 2005
I always grimace a little when picking up a sequel to a favorite book (or, in this case, bookS.) The strain to punch out cookie-cutter copies of a winner invariably goes south. But McAllister socks us with a hugely satisfying surprise by forgoing "just another golf novel." He has wisely chosen to stray a little from the links (although there's still plenty of terrifically clever golf action) and take us on a bitingly satirical ride all over the western hemisphere, with my favorite character in all of literature, Eddie Caminetti, flexing his considerable hustle-muscle in remarkable new ways. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, not just for diehard Eddie fans but the general read who loves intricate plotting and dizzyingly creative writing.
Fourth book a quadruple bogey! March 17, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Troon McAllister, beloved by many for creating Eddie Caminetti and using him so wisely in his first three books, The Green, The Foursome and Scratch, completely missed the ball in Barranca. This book has less than 1/4 of it's pages dedicated to the man we love to see hustle, Eddie. The rest is filled with half-developed characters who we really have no interest in. We spend more time hearing about Mona Bertram's hair care than Eddie's golf hustle with the coffee revolutionary Barranca. While revisiting characters can be difficult the cover says " An Eddie Caminetti Novel" I don't think it was and wish I had followed the advice of other reviewers who suggested avoiding this one. Hope Troon finds the fairway with his next book.
Where's the golf? February 24, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sorry Troon, but you put a snowman up on this one. What a big disappointment. I loved the other Eddie C. books... I always tried to read one as spring approached to get me in the golfing mood. But this ain't no golf book... and barely and Eddie C. book. I feel like I was duped. For others considering this as their next followup to The Green, The Foursome, and Scratch.... don't.
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