The Lively Lives Of Crispin Mobey

The Lively Lives of Crispin Mobey

Zealous, mindless missionary Crispin Mobey travels all over the world and beyond to spread the Word and attempts to eradicate a heresy that--he believes--threatens the earth, even if it takes him into Hell From Publishers Weekly The pseudonymous Quyth will split readers' sides and addle their brains with this epistolary gambol. Letters by Mobey, recent graduate of SoPrim (Southern Primitive) Protestant Seminary and ardent missionary, describe his catastrophic attempts to convert heathen tribes to the True Word in locales ranging from the Australian outback to the Caribbean, Korea and London. Although the settings change, the joke remains the same as Mobey, the Bible-belting schlemiel, creates havoc wherever he goes, spouting patter worthy of a stand-up comic. In the final scene, a spaceship, bound for Mars and guided by Mobey and the Lord God, lands in Heaven, where they are greeted by Dr. Livingstone"Crispin Mobey, I presume." Although this is a book to be taken in small doses, it's the right medicine for anyone willing to share in the sport of poking fun at our shibboleths and solemnities. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Crispin Mobey is an evangelical missionary who attempts to spread his Southern Primitive (SoPrim) religion throughout the world. In a series of letters written to his superiors back home in Abysmuth, Mississippi, the bumptious Mobey reports on his misadventures from the unenlightened corners of the earth. He even follows his calling to outer space. As we follow Mobey's picaresque travels and the nonstop string of puns and painful jokes, the problems of this kind of humor become apparent; and finally, the book's amusing concept is annulled by an overdose of exaggeration. Dean Willms, Vail P.L., Col.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.