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It's 1936, and Tobias Henry is stuck in the frozen hinterlands of Michigan. Tobias is obsessed with two things: God and girls.

Mostly girls, of course.

But being a Baptist preacher's son, he can't escape God.

When his father is blinded in a bizarre accident (involving hard cider and bird droppings), Tobias must ride the rails to Texas to recover a long-hidden stash of mone...more

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Published January 1st 2011 by Sam Torode Books Arts (first published May 9th 2007)

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Jan 08, 2013 Paul rated it 1 of 5 stars

I read the book because it was well reviewed and suggested for people who enjoyed Water for Elephants and O Brother Where Art Thou, two brilliantly written works. This is not. Really, really not.

When listening to music, some people can't tell if a note is in tune or not. We call them tone deaf. Having seen so many glowing reviews of this book, I can only assume that the people giving it five stars suffer from the literary equivalent of tone deafness. It's poorly developed, badly edited, caught i...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The tale of Sarah and Tobias from the book of Tobit in the bible is retold in a story set during the depression with a bit of native American lore added. It's about a man raised in a conservative Baptist home in Minnesota whose preacher father commits acts that he admonishes others for who is sent to his fathers family in Texas for buried treasure to save his family from poverty. The treasure he finds is the extended family he never knew, his identity, and love. It's a quick coming of age story...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Brenda rated it 4 of 5 stars

I downloaded this book because it was a free download with good reviews. It starts out a little crass and very irreverent. I considered not finishing it because of some of the crassness (example: the protagonist admitting to masturbating) and because his thoughts of the Bible bordered on blasphemy. However, I continued and am so glad I did. You find out at the end that it is a retelling of the Book of Tobit, one of the books of the apocrypha. (You can read that online, but if you are interested...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars

So clearly, the title of this book is what caught my eye, but then when I read the summary I realized it's a bit of a misleading title, but then, if it gets the author more revenue, that's the point isn't it?

Tobias is the son of a preacher man, and like many preachers kids, is having a hard time believing in everything he's been told. Tobias isn't sure religion is for him, especially his father's brand of religion - yelling and judging and all that nonsense. Then, after Tobias' father accidental...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Robert Slaven rated it 3 of 5 stars

Some books, like this one, you buy for exactly two reasons. Firstly, it bears an intriguing title. Secondly, it is free. In fact, even now it's free to download on Amazon. So go forth and "purchase" it. I'll wait here.

From a strictly stylistic viewpoint the book is exceedingly simple and readable. Many other reviewers lump it into the category of 'quick reads' and I concur with that assessment. There are a few times in which the author cobbles together a sentence that borders on the profound but...more Some books, like this one, you buy for exactly two reasons. Firstly, it bears an intriguing title. Secondly, it is free. In fact, even now it's free to download on Amazon. So go forth and "purchase" it. I'll wait here.

From a strictly stylistic viewpoint the book is exceedingly simple and readable. Many other reviewers lump it into the category of 'quick reads' and I concur with that assessment. There are a few times in which the author cobbles together a sentence that borders on the profound but that reminds one more acutely of the rather incomprehensible ramblings of Winnie-the-Pooh than anything else:

"Moreover, we must look upon what is to occur as having already occurred, and see nothing but the present in the future, for the future is but the present a little farther on."

Such constructs are a rarity, however, and not in general cause for alarm.

The story itself is fairly formulaic. Boy leaves home, boy meets girl, standard things happen between boy and girl. The end. There's no grand surprise here, no culminating fever pitch of drama. The setting is reasonably quaint and the characters real enough for the most part. Tobias especially rings of truth as he really does think like a young boy. Having been a young boy at some point in my life (and for increasingly brief periods even now) I can speak with some authority about this. Doubtless the author too has had encounters with boyhood in his own past.

For the most part the whole thing carries on logically enough but in the last few dozen pages the author appears to go into somewhat of a panic to finish. What were once vague allusions to imagined spirits suddenly become all too real and for a very brief period we're thrust unwillingly into a fantasy novel. The preternatural drama is mercifully brief and we're allowed to return to the disappointing deus ex machina which ties up the loose ends in the novel. One can't help but think that the whole thing would have been much better summed up if it hadn't been summed up quite so quickly and quite so neatly.

In summary, the novel is quaint but far from unique. It will entertain but little else and will be difficult to remember when a couple of weeks have gone by. But then again, what do you want for nothin'? Rubber biscuit?
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Jan 13, 2013 Peter Boysen rated it 4 of 5 stars

As a parent of triplets who are almost teenagers, I sometimes worry that they don't have all of the information they need to make it smoothly to high school graduation -- and beyond. But then I stop and remember that my parents spent quite a bit of time giving me a lot of information that I'm sure they thought I should use. It got filed away, somewhere, and a lot of it pops into my head, now and then. A lot of the conclusions I have come to, though, I have found on my own.

My aunt posed an intere...more As a parent of triplets who are almost teenagers, I sometimes worry that they don't have all of the information they need to make it smoothly to high school graduation -- and beyond. But then I stop and remember that my parents spent quite a bit of time giving me a lot of information that I'm sure they thought I should use. It got filed away, somewhere, and a lot of it pops into my head, now and then. A lot of the conclusions I have come to, though, I have found on my own.

My aunt posed an interesting question on Facebook not too long ago -- specifically, what the purpose is of an overarching moral authority, since we have to develop our own systems of morals as it is. It is this desire to provide some sort of moral authority that has led members of the evangelical wing of Christianity to start pumping out books that throw the Bible into a theological dryer and turn on the hot cycle, trying to shrink 66 books (more, if you have the Apocrypha) that include stories of God's chosen people pretending that their wives are their sisters, and letting local kings have their way with them (Abraham), refusing to feed their siblings unless they can have the family birthright in exchange (Jacob), as well as passages that describe the erotic love between a husband and wife (Song of Solomon), into a pamphlet that has all of life's questions answered with a series of bullet points.

These tinhorn theologians have also turned out some fiction as well, which tries to shoehorn as much of their doctrine as they can into the stories they write. The problem, of course, is that making theme run your story is kind of like letting egg be the dominant taste in your chocolate cake. The egg is an important part of the foundation, but it should work silently to produce the glorious taste of chocolate, not dominate the outcome.

The same is true with theme in fiction, a lesson which the Tim LaHayes of Christian fiction have yet to learn; the fact that the "Left Behind" series did so well is a testament to the fearsome power of the collective that drives the evangelical juggernaut, even today.

Every now and then, though, a book comes out that has ideas that resonate with Christians -- all the while telling a compelling story that also resonates with other readers. This is how the gospel originally worked, you know: Jesus did not have a ready-made audience prepared to listen to his theology and nod, almost automatically, with each sentence.

Instead, his message shocked, surprised, rang true. So it was with Leif Enger's "Peace Like a River," which tells a story that shows the power of faith and prayer in a lyrical and beautiful way -- and lets the story have its head, instead of whipping it and driving it along a predetermined path.

And so it is with Sam Torode's "The Dirty Parts of the Bible." The plot is a modern retelling of the apocryphal book of Tobit -- set in the Great Depression. Tobias Henry is the son of Baptist preacher Malachi Henry, who has wandered far from his seminary training in Texas to the town of Remus, Michigan, where he preaches hellfire and brimstone in the cold of the American north. After talking down once too many times to his wife (and getting a frozen chicken to the head as a result), Malachi ends up drunk on apple cider and crashes his car into the side of the church, disgraced -- and no longer the pastor. A hail of bird poop has rendered the old ex-pastor blind, as well.

Given 30 days to get out of the parsonage, Malachi sends Tobias to Glen Rose, Texas, with a map that has directions to a dry well on the old family farm -- where Malachi has hidden a satchel full of cash from his days in a band -- before he went to seminary. This is the story of Tobias' wrestling with his beliefs, with the black-and-white theology that makes many Southern Baptists so unhelpful when it comes to showing others the love that made Jesus compelling to all who met him, with his own sexual awakening. Tobias leaves with $39 -- enough, back then, to take the train to Texas. Of course, as with anything that seems so easy, so black-and-white, Tobias learns much more along a way that becomes so difficult. Along the way, he becomes a person whom the Lord might well watch with a smile, because of the gifts of the storyteller.

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Jan 11, 2013 Scot rated it 2 of 5 stars

Ultimately, this book was a disappointment. The author had an interesting idea: retell a love story from the book of Tobit in the Apocrypha, and set it during the Great Depression. However, the narrator’s voice and character development are both uneven, all over the place: sometimes, for instance, the narrator uses modern slang with 21st century youth attitudes about what sort of vulgar language is appropriate in polite conversation; sometimes he speaks with deep knowledge about the Bible and is...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Ariel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Tobias Henry is a cynical preacher’s son experiencing a loss of faith and loss of direction. He is stuck in a town he doesn’t fit, in a world he doesn’t enjoy, until one day the entire universe tips upside down. When his father is blinded in a drunken accident, Tobias is sent on a mission to Texas. On the way he loses his money, meets a wanderer and gets initiated as a hobo. When he finally makes it to Texas he meets Sarah and discovers the part of the Bible he’s always missed, love.
The Dirty Pa...more Tobias Henry is a cynical preacher’s son experiencing a loss of faith and loss of direction. He is stuck in a town he doesn’t fit, in a world he doesn’t enjoy, until one day the entire universe tips upside down. When his father is blinded in a drunken accident, Tobias is sent on a mission to Texas. On the way he loses his money, meets a wanderer and gets initiated as a hobo. When he finally makes it to Texas he meets Sarah and discovers the part of the Bible he’s always missed, love.
The Dirty Parts of the Bible is actually a retelling of The Book of Tobit, but set in late 1930’s Texas. I had no idea what The Book of Tobit was so I looked it up. Turns out these two stories follow each other fairly well, although the filler story is a little different. Sam Torode gives a fresh spin on this old tale by adding booze, girls, adventure and cynicism. Tobias Henry is a bit pitiable. He complains a lot in the beginning but as the story progresses you watch him turn from a porcelain preacher’s son to a full grown man. He becomes self-sufficient. He hops trains, starts fires, wrestles fish, fights demons, dines with hoboes, drinks booze and fights for a girl. This book is sort of a mixture of Indiana Jones and Tom Sawyer, an odd mix to be sure but it works.
The dirty parts weren’t as many as I had hoped. From the title I was expecting some raunchier Christian self-discovery through the Bible ramblings of a preacher’s son. The majority of the Bible ramblings came from the hobo. It was, none the less, a refreshing insight in to the minds of Bible believers and the trials and tribulations of the children brought up in that world. I think the ideas suggested are questions we all have as children in a Christian society; the why’s and the how’s. It validates the feelings of confusion we all have and demonstrates that even those surrounded by God and religion their entire lives have the same questions, concerns and misunderstandings as the rest of us. This book is a hilarious fabrication of life, adventure, discovery and the journey to love.

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Nov 19, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Every once in a while, and through dozens and dozens of book flops, a reader will stumble upon a gold mine. And stumble I did!

The Dirty Parts of the Bible is a diamond that seems to be hidden from the general population of book readers and lovers! Thanks to Pixel of Ink's daily blog, I took a chance on a free little gem one day, many months ago. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect. I can't even remember if I read the description or was just enamored by the ingenious title. But there it sat on...more

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Nov 14, 2012 Matt Schiariti rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love surprises, don't you? This book popped up on my recommended list and frankly, I got sucked in by the title so I pulled the trigger. I'm glad I did.

Don't let the name fool you. This is NOT a raunchy read in any way, shape or form. Sometimes it's a little irreverent but in a naive/innocent/young man with zero experience sort of way. And it's told in such a fun and lighthearted way that you probably won't be able to stop smiling.

Tobias Henry is about to embark on a journey, whether he wants...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found this for free via Pixel of Ink. I was going to skip over it, until I saw the review comparing the story to Mark Twain and Johnny Cash. Curious, I checked out the reviews on Amazon.
Historical fiction is among my favorites, so when I read on the Amazon reviews that this was a surprisingly mild story, considering the title, about the Great Depression, I decided to give it a chance. Besides, the story was to take place in an area not far from where I grew up, and it was in a era of time that...more I found this for free via Pixel of Ink. I was going to skip over it, until I saw the review comparing the story to Mark Twain and Johnny Cash. Curious, I checked out the reviews on Amazon.
Historical fiction is among my favorites, so when I read on the Amazon reviews that this was a surprisingly mild story, considering the title, about the Great Depression, I decided to give it a chance. Besides, the story was to take place in an area not far from where I grew up, and it was in a era of time that I've heard so much about from my own maternal grandparents and family friends. The Great Depression is one fascinating time.
The opening paragraphs are shocking .. a description of his birth (or at least it has a lot of swear words) and the admission that he was an only child and that his parents had no more children after that - and his father loves winter because it allowed him to keep his passions under control. This book told as a sort of autobiography - of a nearly 20 year old boy on the brink of adulthood. While the boy has been raised in a "Christian Home" - his dad is a preacher, he still struggles with the desires of the flesh and his understanding of scripture. It is a walk in his mind, mulling through his questions of right and wrong and how society views life and the world, and as such, some parts are quite raunchy and quite crass and others will make you mad. Still others will make your heart ache with his struggles.
I have read much worse books - and as books go, the story is quite believable. Growing up near the area in the book, I found the descriptions to be realistic. Also, since most of my maternal family grew up here, I've heard dozens of stories of their growing up in the Great Depression. Also, from those stories, I have heard many of the same objections to religion, comments on social issues (blacks and white) and how life was back then. I have more than one relative that could cuss just as well as any of the characters in this book. One Amazon review found the old folks hard to believe - but I don't agree as my relatives would have fit right in with them.
I also found this to be an interesting walk through the mind of a teen struggling with thoughts of girls, religion, life, and love. Many times over the last few months, I've found myself considering the viewpoint of the young man and his choices and world view. It left me feeling sad, and with a better understanding of the struggle between the world and the Bible that our world faces.

I think what has made this book so popular is that so many people can relate to Tobias and his struggles with his flesh, with his understanding of religion, and growing up in general. It's a walk in somebody else's shoes.

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May 30, 2011 Candy rated it 3 of 5 stars

I ran across this book while teaching my mother-in-law to use her new Kindle. We both found the title intriguing and laughed while reading the preview. I downloaded it back in March ($2.99) and read it this weekend while traveling.

It certainly will not go down as a masterpiece, but I found it enjoyable as a traveling companion as it was easy to put down and pick up and not taxing on the brain. The author's ending comments explaining his inspiration for the story made me want to go back to "sourc...more

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May 29, 2011 Ben rated it 3 of 5 stars

I downloaded a sample of this book from the Kindle store months ago because it sounded charming and irreverent. I started reading it again this morning. I liked the first three chapters so much, I bought the ebook -didn't hurt it was only $0.99- and finished it.
There are some passages in this book that at one point convinced me this might be favorite bedtime reading with my kids some day (I'll be a weird dad, yes), but as the book progressed I felt myself losing the connection.
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Mar 11, 2011 Cher rated it 3 of 5 stars

This little gem caught my interest from the get go. It has a unique plot line, is set in the depression era, and grabs your attention with the detailed "what it's like being a strict preacher's son" descriptions. I felt the story started very strongly but slowed down a lot with a somewhat weak ending. The beginning is filled with humor and scenes of a naive preacher's son entering the "real world" for the first time, as he tries to decipher what he really feels about religion/life/philosophy. I...more

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Mar 03, 2011 Erika rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

The Dirty Parts of the Bible
Author: Sammy Torode

The Dirty Parts of the Bible is a coming of age story sent in post depression America and is centered around a young boy named Tobias. Tobias is the son a Baptist preacher from Michigan, and he only has two things on his mind God and girls.

The adventure begins when Tobias’ father is blinded in a freak accident. This causes the preacher to send 20 year old Tobias across country to his hometown of Glen Rose, Texas to find money he buried in a dry wel...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Kat rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Aug 02, 2012 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Wasn't sure what I was expecting when I started this, but I didn't get it. This was a free book from Amazon's Lender Library, and it looked interesting and different from my usual choice of book, so I thought I'd check it out. It's a retelling of a story from the Bible, and after looking up the story, it follows it fairly well I guess. It still didn't feel like a very tight and cohesive book, though.

Sometimes it felt a little preachy, like the author was hitting me over the head with ideas that...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Mscout rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

This was a really fun read. It has drawn a lot of comparisons to Water for Elephants but I think that's an insult to Sam Torode. I can only imagine the reason is that The Dirty Parts of the Bible is also set during the Great Depression, that parts of it also happen on a train, and the story is set in motion by an automobile accident involving the protagonist's father. The similarities end there, however.

First of all, Tobias Henry is a much more likable fellow than Jacob Jankowski on almost every...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Visakh rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was a little bit apprehensive when I downloaded 'The Dirty Parts of the Bible' to my Kindle. I am no fan of any kind of religious fiction, but the idea of a re-telling of the story of Tobias and Sarah from The Book of Tobias appealed to me. And once I read the following conversation in the first few pages, I was completely hooked onto it.

Jesus: 'I want you to preach.'
Malachi: 'But I don't know how.'
Jesus: 'Go to the seminary.'
Malachi: 'The cemetery?'
Jesus: 'No - the seminary.'

I read the book i...more

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Mar 31, 2013 Jessica Crowe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fantastic book, with a lazy ending...

Torode portrayed a vivid and hilarious story until we reached the climax. At that moment, when all of the "dreams have come true" for our narrator I felt rushed to the last page. Disappointing.

I would recommend the book nonetheless. It moved me. It made me question my stance on religion, not so much my beliefs. The main character was sent on a mission, but found himself soul-searching and questioning God, but ultimately never turning his back. this back and...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Everett Youngblood rated it 5 of 5 stars

Of the fact i got my hands on this entertaining book for free ,it is a pleasure to have it at the tip of my fingers using my kindle fire, after having my music and a couple applications uploaded i decided to look through the amazong "prime" books.

I got this book to borrow for free for being an amazon prime member , and i must say, this is a VERY entertaining book :). I can find myself bored riding on the bus to school or sitting at home.

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Jan 02, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011

This was a simply written book - a novel based on a story, as the author explains on the back cover. The title, of course, is what grabbed me initially, especially since this was a novel and not nonfiction.

What I found, in the end, was a sweet story - a fable really - about faith vs. unbelief, about lust vs. love, about misery vs. joy, about greed vs. contentment, and about seeing vs. SEEING. Because it is written in such simple language, the debth of the story kind of sneaks up on you. At the s...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Chandler rated it 4 of 5 stars

What a fun book!! Like every 16 year old, Tobias Henry can't help thinking about girls. His father is a minister and Tobias starts the plot rolling with the simple act of defiance by fishing instead of going to Church Easter Sunday.

Tobias's journey begins.
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To see the world through the eyes of Tobias as he encounters hobos, prostitutes, farmers and new family is enlightening, warm and funny.

I love the allegory though through the book. When I finished this book, I felt warm and fuzzy inside lik...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Lisa Borja rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: people who like"Water for Elephants"

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The title is obviously an attention-getting device, but I won't hold that against the author of what is actually a pretty squeaky clean story by today's standards. It is the re-fashioned tale of Tobit and Sarah, set in the world of the author's grandparents. It is a historical adventure story, as 19-year-old Tobias Henry gets sent to Texas by his Baptist minister father on a quest to find the father's hidden stash of money in an old well. Along the way to the Henry family farm, Tobias rides the...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Bobbye Hudspeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Not at ALL what I thought when I was first sent a link to download this book by a friend who said "You'll love this." I was a little startled by that suggestion, but once I started reading I realized quickly that he was indeed right. I loved it. This was a semi-finalist for Amazon's "Breakthrough Novel Award" and rightfully so. I can't wait to read more from this author. With all of the religious discussions entering even into our political arena, this was a refreshing glimpse into days past (th...more

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Feb 06, 2011 Melissa Acuna rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this book far more than I did. I started it twice and stopped before finally knuckling down and reading it. After a slow start--19 year old, girl obsessed naive sons of preachers are too common and Tobias Henry is too cliched (leaves home, accidentally finds himself in a whore house but is too polite to consummate the deal--good grief), the story finally picks up when Tobias meets Craw.

Craw is an elderly hobo, who becomes a surrogate father to Toby and helps him out of ma...more

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Jun 04, 2011 Natalee rated it 3 of 5 stars

I wish there was a way to give a half a star because this was just slightly more then three stars but not quite four. Based on Tobias and Sarah from the Book of Tobit this is a modern day retailing set in the depression ridden era of the US. I thought it interesting that the author decided to start with his mother swearing...thus throwing the story into full swing. Toby is sent to Texas to get his fathers buried fortune. But leaving Michigan is a chance for him to spread his so called "religious...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Al rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, read-post-kindle-2010

It’s no wonder Tobias feels bored, depressed, and confused. He’s stuck under his overbearing preacher Father’s thumb. Nothing in the way of job prospects since the country is still in the depression - not to mention his father’s attitudes about girls. He wants to do what’s right, but in too many instances, his Father’s bible interpretations don’t agree with what Tobias thinks the scripture really means.

The title might be off-putting to some, expecting something racier than it is. (Other’s might...more

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Sep 04, 2012 Laura Zimmerman rated it 3 of 5 stars

The title got my attention first and then I read that people who liked "O Brother Where Art Thou" would like this book too. I was hooked. I anticipated a book of humor, oddities, Southern life, and the Bible...which I got, but it wasn't what I had hoped for.

The book starts off slowly and then makes a shift suddenly, sending the main character on a trip far from home. On this trip he encounters sights and sounds he has never experienced before and some characters who, if fully developed, could ha...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle-free-download

I didn't really know what to expect from this book going in and was quite pleasantly surprised at the insights offered by Sam Torode through the narration and story of Tobias Henry. Not only was the writing often insightful, but also full of quips and humor that made for easy and pleasurable reading.

"Down south, most places had a surplus of Baptist pastors already. Texas's main exports are cotton, oil and preachers." (pg. 6/location 61)

"The little brown Bible lay right in the middle of his seat,...more

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