Book Report: DIRTY PARTS OF THE BIBLE

Back in the 1940s my sister and I stayed a week with our grandmother and aunt in Cohutta, Georgia (not far from Dalton).  They rented a house on a hilltop overlooking a large pasture with train tracks running through.  More than once we saw the train stationary and a man with a ball bat opening each box car looking in and  then move on to the next box car and repeat the routine.  One time when he slid open the door a man sprung out and the RR employee chased him.  They ran out of view, we do not see who won.

Which brings up the novel I just read, THE DIRTY PARTS OF THE BIBLE by Sam Torode.

The first person was just entering adulthood when his over strict pastor father got drunk, which was exactly the thing he preached against, had a wreck, a bird from overhead shit in his eyes, blinding him, and because he was drinking, the church he was over fired him.,

He sent his only son, the first person to his old home place in Texas where he had a fortune buried.  If he explained how he came to own the buried treasure I missed it.

With his all of his father’s savings the first person headed for Texas.  His first stop he gave a prostitute all his money and about the same time the map to the treasure were torn up or crumbled  like confetti. 

With no money the only passage to Texas was train, via hoboism.

Living the life of a hobo an elderly hobo sort of adopted him,  and became his protectorate.   Not only did he protect him but he was full of appropriate quotes for the moment.  The old man was full of wisdom. (and wit - or was that Sam Torode?).

The author does tell of a few dirty places in the Bible but also spins a good story.  BUT!  The story has already been spun.  If I read it right, the same journey ss in the book is a modern repeat of a story in the Bible.