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The Book of Bob, Second Edition |
Author: Paul Chasman
Published: 2005-09-15 |
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 Fun book
This is a very fun book to read. Satirical, whitty, and right on! You go Bob!
Metaphoric romp
Political satire at its metaphoric best.
Read it and laugh with an undercurrent of un-ease for the truth within the story line and how it resembles our current state of political affairs.
My feelings of Bob
I knew Paul Chasman could write music (just check out his CD's Songs From the Bay, I Hope, Real Songs, Piano Sonata No. 7: Guitar Transcription, and Sonatas No. 1 and 2 for Guitar, also available from Amazon), but who knew he could write words as well? Now Paul Chasman has written a parable for our times. The Book of Bob is an Orwellian morality play of apocalyptic proportions (I'm not sure what all this means, but I know what I like, and I like this book.) The Book of Bob is an entertaining romp of a read, ala Christopher Moore. But beyond the humor are words of wisdom that the best of us would do well to heed. In fact, the book is chock full of words to live by. If God were to update His own words, I'd expect Him to turn phrases like Dad does in this book: "If thou liest with mankind, and if womankind liest with womankind, then maybe we can get a handle on this population problem: You guys are always throwing my words around: `Go forth and multiply!' I said that ages ago. It's so retro. Did you think I wanted you to go forth and multiply forever? Do the math!" (To those of you who find putting words in God's mouth offense - "Get thee over it!" I found myself intoning, "Oh, Lord, save us all from your followers.") Though full of recognizable caricatures of present-day figures (so if you don't hurry up and buy this book before present becomes too far past, you might have to work harder to get the joke), The Book of Bob is a timeless fable, destined to become a classic.
Laugh out loud funny!
The Book of Bob is one of those rare books that made me laugh out loud in public. Just describing the premise - that God (aka "Dad") has chosen to write a new blockbuster through a new prophet (Bob) - is enough to provoke giggles. It also suggests that there may be irreverent satire ahead. Knowing Paul Chasman and his work as "Carl Estrada," I was prepared. However, if you're looking for angry political rants against conservatives, go find a blog. All forms of 21st-century wackiness are fair game for Dad's mockery. This book is so funny, I forgot it had an agenda!
Butter My Biscuits, It's a Beauty of a Book
"The Book of Bob" should be subtitled "Candide Meets the Political and Religious Equivalents of the Marx Brothers' Evil Twins." It features a naif who just wants to do the right thing. And...
--a picaresque confederacy of saints and crazies on one hulluva road trip
--an elected leader who is hiliarously linguistically challenged. The Right Reverend Spooner has met his match. (And so has anybodywith even an advanced case of Satyriasis)
--the loopiest, unlikeliest, loveliest love story since, say, Burns & Allen, or Auntie Mame and Beau, or what the hell, Gargantua et Pantagruel
--a chilling story of a decent man gone crazed assassin
--a happy ending! (And just as an aside, the story involves the coolest dog since Rin Tin Tin. Asta. Lassie. Scooby Doo.)
Never has Christmas shopping been so easy. My Wife and I bought 20 copies. We don't have that many friends, but we may meet someone-and whoever it might be, they'll need this book. So do you. --Robert A. Clapp
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