false 2451044 5 Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman, immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs—one who will believe is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will drive the cars Preston steals as Preston follows along in another car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as Bible salesman and a G-man. During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henry's fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesn't prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used—that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined. 2458238 11 8 2008 The Bible Salesman: A Novel total:330|5:18|4:89|3:143|2:57|1:23| 330 1012 864 137 5 3 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 06:21:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 06:22:08 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 14:16:18 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 19:14:46 -0800 2008
There was a time when Edgerton spoke to my being with his folksy way of weaving a story. His characters had a depth which engaged me to some degree...more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 09:00:17 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:29:29 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 16:01:38 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 06:30:09 -0700 2008 It's possible to get an advanced college degree in Old Testament. I know this because the daughter of a co-worker has decided to do just that.

The bible doesn't seem to be a good book that people can freely discuss without sharply contrasted and heated opinions with a measure of fea...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Nov 02 17:23:47 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 17:33:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 26 05:33:05 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 13:38:48 -0800 2008
Henry is in his early 20s and despite being a Bible salesman -- kind of, sort of --...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:59:04 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 07:43:04 -0700 2008 just the once--won't happen again
I should point out that though this book is being presented as a comedy: the ja...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 29 09:11:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 09:15:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 11:11:05 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 07:22:54 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 15:53:37 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 17 06:49:22 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:57:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:59:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:00:09 -0700 2009 Henry, a young man who has been brought up b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 04 20:39:25 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 04:38:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:39:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Nov 03 11:45:10 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 08:54:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 17:10:07 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 11:19:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 12:13:55 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 17:09:11 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:59:19 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 20:01:23 -0700 2008 Raney. What I got was a mildly funny and entertaining novel, with an ending that seemed just a little too pat. I'm glad I read this, but it's not Clyde Edgerton's best effort.]]> 2 1 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 17:44:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:02:10 -0700 2009 David Sedaris is hilarious, but I should try to remember that whenever he blurbs a book as being the funniest thing he's ever read or whatever, I will at best find it quietly amusing. That was all right in the case of Jincy Willett's Jenny and the Jaws of Life--which, despite not being uproa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 11:57:06 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 07:22:38 -0700 2009 I've read funnier, and this just didn't measure up. It -is-, however, a good, fun, road-trip/romance/...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:29:36 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:41:43 -0800 2008
My five-star assessments seem to have something to do with gravitas--not Edgerton's stren...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2451044