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A Year at St Yoricks: Collected Magazines from the Parish of Gently Down [Paperback]

Adrian Plass (Author)
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  • Paperback: 143 pages
  • Publisher: Marshall Pickering; 1st ed edition (2 Mar 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0551031115
  • ISBN-13: 978-0551031111
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 614,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A spoof collection of monthly parish magazines which lampoons the life of a fictional rural parish.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining look at Church Life. 12 May 2000
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Format:Paperback
This book is an entertaining view of Parish life, framed in the setting of the Parish Magazine of St Yorick's, appropriately entitled "The Skull". Many of the characters, their words, attitudes and actions are astonishingly real. By the end of the book you really have the feeling you know some of them.

It must be a difficult task to create the dynamics of Church life with its varied characters as well as to keep within the structure of a Parish magazine and at the same time to sustain the humour throughout the twelve chapters of the Church year.

Adrian Plass succeeds by going "over the top" a little in caricature and language, and by including what would more realistically be verbal dialogue to give continuity to some of the sequences.

An entertaining book, plenty to chuckle at, and a few thoughts to ponder.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant Christian Comedy 8 Nov 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
A Year at St Yorick's is a book coverin a year of monthly C of E parish magazines - Adrian Plass surpasses himself in his funniest yet!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is what Christians are reaaly like! 30 July 2002
By Philip A. Rowlings - Published on Amazon.com
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Like all the humorous Plass work this is a look at the church by an insider. He beautifully characterises and satirizes all the craziness that protestant christians get up to. But Adrian loves the church, and by getting us to laugh at ourselves, we are able to become more real and hopefully get in the way less of what God is trying to do.
5.0 out of 5 stars Screamingly hilarious 2 Jan 2009
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This book was screamingly hialrious for anyone who has grown up in the church and understands all the drama involved. The book is composed of one year's worth of the church newsletter from St. Yorick's parish. Each month, the vicar writes an intro, there is a witty cartoon, a children's corner, and tons of other hilarious articles in Plass's classic british humor. I love his books. simply can't get enough.
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what the other reviewer said! 16 Dec 2008
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The book is a delight, whatever the denominational background of the reader. We have all sat in these pews, served on these committees, attended the fellowships, encouraged the members, borne the weaker brothers and sisters, and faced the music. Books like this help us on the journey, and I loved every word.
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