View from a Bouncy Castle (by Adrian Plass)

I do like Adrian Plass’s writing. His books are a wonderful blend of honesty, humour and insights, and I like to re-read them all regularly. I hadn’t read ‘View from a Bouncy Castle’ for over thirteen years, so it was more than time for a re-read.

The slightly odd title is explained in a kind of prologue. Adrian Plass recounts seeing a children’s bouncy castle that allowed adults to get on, for a change. He describes how initial nervousness led to a kind of freedom, the abandoning of inhibit...