Book - The Dirty Parts Of the Bible

The Dirty Parts of the Bible
Sam Torode
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Book Description
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 money. Along the way, he's initiated into the hobo brotherhood by Craw, a ribald vagabond-philosopher. Obstacles arise in the form of a saucy prostitute, a flaming boxcar, and a man-eating catfish. But when he meets Sarah, a tough farm girl under a dark curse, he finds out that the greatest challenge of all is love.

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I got this Kindle book when it went free on Amazon.

Thank goodness I "bought" the book. This was a hilarious read.

This story is about this Tobias kid, son of a Baptist preacher in Michigan, sent to Texas to retrive some important item for his father. The simple trip of taking trains turned into an adventure because of mis-spending the money, being robbed, and whatnot.

Throughout the book, a lot of references to certain stories in the Bible is made... and that is where it cracked me up so much. For example, one of the Adam and Eve stories brought up was, Eve had 2 sons, Cain and Abel, then Cain killed Abel and was banished... and Cain went out and found a wife, and had children, grandchildren, etc.... and only after that, did Adam and Eve have their third child.

Considering God had created the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve... where did Cain's wife come from? LOL

Honestly speaking, I did ponder about this too.

Another one that I had to smack myself on the forehead for NOT thinking about it as a kid... was Noah and Dinasaurs. Two of each breed. Where did the dinosaurs go?

Anyway, this book dabbles into so many of the congregation/sects/beliefs... mainly there's the Baptists, Christians, a touch of Jews, and even a bit of (American) Indians. Bibles, psalms, readings, quotes, blessings, curses... it's all in there.

I would have bought this even if it were not free (so lucky me!)