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Indlæser... The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Aged 37 3/4 (1987)af Adrian Plass
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This book, originally a column in a Christian magazine, is written in diary format. The fictional writer has the same name as the real author, but a different family. Although Anne (the fictional wife) and Bridget (the real Adrian Plass’s wife) have rather merged into one in my mind, their college-age son Gerald is unique. He makes bad puns, and spends time making anagrams out of the names of famous people. I’ve just finished re-reading this book yet again, wondering if I would still find it as funny as I did previously. I remembered many of the one-liners, and the general story which follows five months of the author’s fictional life. There were still a few places where I chuckled, many where I smiled. Gentle fun is made of the church and the way many Christians behave. I love this book and have recommended it to many people; most of them have also enjoyed it, but occasionally someone has handed it back to me, a little puzzled, wondering what the point was. The humour won’t appeal to everyone. It’s satirical and British, as are the caricatured friends and colleagues. Yet the writing has a serious vein running through the humour, and I find it very thought-provoking. Latest longer review: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-sacred-diary-of-adrian-plass-ag... I heard a poem by Adrian Plass and mentioned it in passing to a friend-of-a-friend who loaned me a couple of books by him. This is fiction, but the characters within are based loosely on real people with whom Adrian has come into contact. Written entirely in diary form, this is an amusing account of a ‘normal bloke’ struggling to be a good Christian. Whilst you don’t have to be a believer yourself to find it amusing, I think it probably would strike a chord more with people who go to church (especially Anglicans). It had me chuckling out loud in places and I finished it really quickly. Good stuff! :) An enjoyable lighthearted and sympathetic fictional diary which has not dated as much as I thought it would have. It is a bit predictable and over-simplistic at times (wouldn't it be lovely if all problems with troublesome neighbours or teenage girlfriends resolved themselves as neatly as they do in this book!) and sometimes Adrian Plass drifts from charmingly sweet and naive into so stupid he's annoying, but the pages turn fast, it makes you giggle, and it warms your heart. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Saturday, December 14thFeel led to keep a diary. A sort of spiritual log for the benefit of others in the future. Each new divine insight and experience will shine like a beacon in the darkness!Can't think of anything to put in today.Still, tomorrow's Sunday. Must be something on a Sunday, surely?Adrian Plass is hilarious, pure and simple. His readers are legion - and this is the bestselling book that started it all, converting thousands of people who love to laugh into avid Plass readers.The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (aged 37 ¾) is merriment and facetiousness at its best - a journal of the wacky Christian life of Plass's fictional alter-ego, who chronicles in his 'sacred' diary the daily goings-on in the lives of ordinary-but-somewhat-eccentric people he knows and meets. Reading it will doeth good like a medicine! Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Anyone that's spent any time in or around churches can relate in some way to many of the characters and issues.
I was expecting a bit more of a laugh - I found the tales mildly amusing. ( )