A classic morality story wrapped in a tale of a young man's journey from the North to the Deep South, with wisdom shared by a hobo along the way. Humorous, thoughtful, an interesting read. ( )

The Dirty Parts of the Bible
Sam Torode
Loved this book! It was about a over zealot preacher who sends his son to Texas to finding hidden money and the crazy adventures the son has along the way. The son, Tobias, befriends a hobo before finding family in Texas. His family in Texas take him in and he learns more about his dad and life. A fun, enjoyable, and thoughtful read. Could not stop once I started.
This is the second time I read it. Read it by ebook in 2015 and received an Audible book from freeaudiblecodes and finished it today. Still loved it. ( )

Picked this up awhile ago on my Kindle. It is a fictional coming of age story about a young man named Toby who is the son of a fundamentalist pastor who gets drunk one night, loses his church and his eye sight to bird poop. Because Toby's dad can no longer provide for his family, he sends Toby back to Texas (where the family is from) to dig up a buried treasure from his singing days before he found Jesus.

Toby goes to Texas, but loses all his money in a whorehouse, loses his faith in God and loses the map to his father's buried treasure. But he does find a grand-guru-hobo-guide, his father's family farm and the girl of his dreams--a depressive, cursed woman named Sarah and in the end he finds faith.

This is a depression era retelling of the book of Tobit. This story is also partly based on the author's (Sam Torode) grand parents, who met and fell in love in the 1930s. This is a humorous book, a little tedious at times but entertaining. Toby and Craw are good characters. Sarah comes across a little wooden and flat. Not great literature but fun. ( )

A simple novel about a journey from the north to the Deep South; Tobias sets out on a quest to save his family. He returns home wiser and richer for the effort. ( )

This is the story of Tobias, the son of a Baptist preacher. Tobias' father is removed from his pulpit pulpit and because of that he sends Tobias to his family home in Texas where he has money hidden away. The story was okay. There were parts of the story that stalled, especially in the beginning which made it difficult to get into it. I did enjoyed Craw one of the characters Tobias meets on his journey and I wish the author would have spent more time on the characters. ( )