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Title: God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth by Brother Ty, John Marion Tierney, Christopher Buckley, Brother Ty, Mark Linn-Baker, Ty ISBN: 0553479504 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12
Rating: 4
Summary: Masterful send-up of the whole self-help genre
Comment: When I first saw this book displayed, my interest was piqued - it is highly unusual for a true Christian monk to be engaging in the whole business of financial advice, yet given the slew of books from the Chopras, Beardstown ladies, and other unlikely characters in the market today, I wasn't totally surprised. I bought it without my usual survey, and set down to reading it. It was apparent that after the first couple of chapters that this was fiction, and that Brother Ty was not who he says he is. I suspect that if he is that oxymoronic combination, a "monk-tycoon", if indeed he really exists at all, his collaboration with Buckly and Tierney is in the spirit of Anonymous and "Primary Colors". Yet, sadly, I saw elements of the truth in this whole novel - it takes very little to derail ones spiritual journey given the overwhelming temptations of the marketplace, and there are quite a few examples (too many) of this even in the religious community, although not often as egregious as the events in this book. God help us if this isn't fiction.
I truly struggled in the first couple of chapters in trying to determine whether this was a true story or fiction, as the authors masterfully build farce upon farce, skewering everything and everyone (a la Monty Python's "Life of Brian") until the final chapter, when the one all important truth is revealed - you can only get rich from a self-help book by writing one. Maybe "Brother Ty" can be coaxed into a sequel on a related topic, or an entirely different one.
Rating: 4
Summary: Buckley Effectively Punctures Self Help Balloon
Comment: A few years ago Wendy Kaminer wrote a book, I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional, that took on self help books and programs. Now Christopher Buckley assigns himself the same task writing a fictional account of a monastery headed by an abbot who is a devotee of Deepak Chopra. It's a fluffy, hilarious, yet incisive probe that makes a lot of self help writers and their readers look silly. Its a slim book, but with about 3 laughs per page you get you're money's worth. Don't read it if you are a fan of Chopra, Robbins or Covey though, as I'm sure it will stunt your spiritual growth, and set you back on your path to make millions of dollars in this lifetime.
Rating: 4
Summary: Things that make you go hmmmmmm!
Comment: I enjoyed this book and on several occassions found myself laughing out loud! The plot was interesting and it was witty! But, what it really made me do is think about every self-help book either I or someone I know has bought and read without any success. Yes, law number seven has truth in it! I would recommend this book to my friends who would like to take a look at how sometimes opportunities stare us right in the face...and yet, we walk around them! Brother Ty's account of the happenings at the monastary made for real page turners, and I finished this book in two days. This book gets a thumbs up from me!
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Title: No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0375507345 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0060976624 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Wry Martinis by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0060977426 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The White House Mess by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0140249281 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Little Green Men : A Novel by Christopher Buckley, Random House Inc. ISBN: 0060955570 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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