books by Tony Hendra (greatest national messiah)

books by Tony Hendra

books:

The Messiah of Morris Avenue: A Novel

24 reviews
Tony Hendra

Henry Holt and Co., 2006

Read it twice
Everything you know about Christianity in today's society is challenged in this book. It's thoughtful, real, and moving. It will make you cry, laugh, and think about the way our world is heading. It will make you remember what Christianity was all about. I've read it several times now, and will never tire of it.

Not The Bible

4 reviews
Sean Kelly, Tony Hendra

Ballantine Books, 1983

Everybody say "Amen!"
Imagine the Bible rewritten to echo the prejudices of the rabidest of rabid Christian fundamentalists, and you have "Not the Bible" in a nutshell. I'm a religious person, but there's nothing funnier for me than lampooning the pompously pious. This book does that hilariously. It's also full of memorable catch-phrases -- "Men of Sodom, Are you Behind Us?", "FLEE FORNICATION!!!", "Be fruitful and ...

My Wall Street Journal

8 reviews
Tony Hendra, David Blum, ...

New York Press, 2008

Terrific Journal Spoof.
Good fun read. Short, Probably a collectible someday, maybe. We'll keep our copy safely preserved, tucked away.

Father Joe
Tony Hendra

Recorded Books, LLC., 2004

97864 (8 cassettes/11 hours). Copyright 2004 by Tony Hendra. P 2004 by Recorded Books, LLC. Unabridged. Narrated by the author Tony Hendra. Cover design by Karen Lau & Robbing Schiff. Cover photograph by Luca Pioltelli. Recorded by arrangement with The Lazear Agency. ISBN 1-4193-0722-3. Produced in the studios of Recorded Books Productions, LLC., New York. "This runaway New York Times best-seller is a book to savor and treasure. Author Tony ...

Greatest Hits Of The National Lampoon

4 reviews
John Belushi, Henry Beard, ...

Uproar Entertainment, 1978

Magical Misery Tour
Actually, every word in the "Magical Misery Tour" was lifted from John Lennon's famous Rolling Stone Interview, which was even released as a paperback book. Or as Yoko said, "The Dream is Over."

Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul

148 reviews
Tony Hendra

Thorndike Press, 2004

I think Father Joe Saved my soul too!
The Pope's Private Prayer Book : Words of Inspiration from Pope John Paul II An Invitation to Prayer (Private Prayers of Pope John Paul II (Audio)) I think Father Joe Saved my soul too! This audio book is a great listen.The difference between other books about religion is it is not about religion.Tony like many people growing up was searching for the meaning of ...

The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989

1 review

Workman Publishing Company, 1979

Where Were You In '82?
Ahh, the 1980s. Those, my friend, were good times. Correction. Great times. Remember in 1982,when Disney bought the UK and opened the United Magic Kingdom theme park? Or the oil glut, when the trillion gallons of heretofore undicovered crude under Kansas assured America that "We're Eating More Oil Than Ever Before!" Or in 1984, when the movie musical extravaganza "Rats!" took the work ...

Brotherhood

30 reviews
Tony Hendra

American Express Publishing, 2001

Fallen Heroes
As you are reading though the tribute to the fallen, you see thenamesof each of the lost Firefighters scrolled across the bottom of the pages. Each page left me more and more with a sense of loss. I did not lose anyone that fateful day, yet, we all lost. The words you read are quite moving, the pictures mean more than the words and poems. Yet i am most moved by the names of those precious and ...

Father Joe
Tony Hendra

Herder Verlag GmbH, 2005

Going Too Far

7 reviews
Tony Hendra

Doubleday, 1987

Psychotic murk compels me to beat up Tony's detractors
Hendra's forte is journalism. Not the actual writing of actual comedy. Although he's certainly had his moments. In fact, he even managed to out-poeticize Sean Kelly via DETERIORATA. Tony's analysis of Lenny Bruce is an indispensable supplement to Albert Goldman's book about Bruce. Also included is his description of Chris Ross's brilliant ACID skit. A skit which otherwise might've completely ...

El Hombre Que Salvo Mi Alma
Tony Hendra

Maeva, 2005

The 90's: A Look Back

1 review
Tony Hendra, Peter Elbling

Avon Books (P), 1989

An Excellent Compilation of Essays
Alright, so it won't really be funny unless you can force your mind to travel backwards to 1989, when this book was written. The essays included in the book take "a look back" at the 90's BEFORE they actually happened. Some of the funnier essays are written by such well known stars as Bill Murray and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan. It may be out of print, but its well worth it to try and find it- it ...

Father Joe
Tony Hendra

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2005

A key comic writer of the past three decades has created his most heartfelt and hard-hitting book. Father Joe is Tony Hendra's inspiring true story of finding faith, friendship, and family through the decades-long influence of a surpassingly wise Benedictine monk named Father Joseph Warrillow. Like everything human, it started with sex. In 1955, fourteen-year-old Tony found himself entangled with a married Catholic woman. In Cold War England, ...

A Deep And Subtle Joy: Life at Quarr Abbey

1 review
Luke Bell, Tony Hendra

HiddenSpring, 2006

A joy to read
What do monks do? What is the meaning of and purpose of what they do? If you are looking for the answers to these questions, you will find them in this book, and more besides. You will be welcomed by the author to the beautiful Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight in England, and shown around the monastery with an explanation of the meaning of every place and every time for the spiritual life of the ...