The Big Fisherman Review

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(More customer reviews)Having read and loved The Robe, I found this one at my churches library and gave it a read.
"The Big Fisherman," is set before "The Robe" and tells the story of the apostle Peter. It's a great book. It focuses alot on a young Arabian couple which kind of takes the attention away from Peter but it's not an overwhelming distraction.
I loved the way Mr Douglas worked the words and acts of Jesus of Nazereth into the story, very well done. He really fleshed out the charecters of the Apostles as well.
A very enjoyable read about a great, but flawed man.

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-THE BIG FISHERMAN, follows the style of Lloyd Douglas' previous religious fiction. It is set before "The Robe" and tells the story of the apostle Peter. It focuses-on a young Arabian couple which- takes some of the attention away from Peter, but adds romance.-Douglas works the words and acts of Jesus of Nazareth into the story, fleshing out the characters of the Apostles, and the Roman background. Also available from Download eBooks are the other Lloyd C. Douglas ebooks: The Robe, Magnificent Obsession. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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The Dirty Parts of the Bible: A Novel Review

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(More customer reviews)I simply enjoyed this book. Having grown up Baptist and am now currently a minister in another denomination, many of the questions of morality and Scriptural interpretation that I continue to wrestle with in my line of work, are brought up in this text. And they are brought up through funny yarns, crisp one-liners, and vivid imagery (Sarah shows up for the dance in a dress made red by dying it in wine - a beautifully multilayered image).
I can't wait for the next novel from this guy.

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Watch the video trailer at DirtyPartsoftheBible.com The Dirty Parts of the Bibleis a humorous novel set during the Great Depression---a rollicking tale of love and liquor, preachers and prostitutes, trains and treasure, sure to appeal to fans of Water for Elephants, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Mark Twain, and Johnny Cash.Semifinalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award "While the title suggests a raunchy read, this rich and soulful novel is actually a rather well-done bildungsroman [coming-of-age story] steeped in wanderlust and whimsy that at times recalls The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and at others a tamer On the Road. The story begins in 1936 as 19-year-old Tobias is thumbing his way from Remus, Mich., to his uncle's farm in Glen Rose, Tex., to find a hidden bag of money, after his father, a Baptist pastor, drunkenly slams his car into the church and is removed from the parsonage. The author does an excellent job in making well-charted territory (riding the rails; scavenged campfire meals under the stars) seem vibrant and new. Snippets of scripture, Southern spirituals, and folk ballads lend context and flavor to the text. Most impressive are the jangly dialogue and the characters' distinctive voices, which are authentic and earthy but not remotely hoary. When Tobias finally arrives at his uncle's, the surprises that await him are more than enough to keep his--and readers'--interests piqued." --Publisher's Weekly"I absolutely loved The Dirty Parts of the Bible.... [It's] a grown-up Mark Twain-type adventure with lots of spirit and humor." --Reader Views

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