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Growing Up a Sullen Baptist and Other Lies
Robert Flynn
Foreword by Joyce Gibson Roach
Robert Flynn has gathered an eclectic array of seven-
teen essays, all of which will evoke a direct and
immediate response. Ranging from humorous to satirical,
from persuasive to sarcastic, Flynn moves from preaching
to the choir to preaching at the choir. Trained as both
a Baptist and a marine, he explores the concepts gleaned
from a world that this training did not equip him to
control, improve, or escape. Flynn admits he has tried to
meld the pretty presumption of the Baptists that "all men
are brothers" with the hard presumption of the marines
that "you will attack until I say you are dead." He calls
the result an unholy view of the world in which he lives
and survives, alternating between humor and anger.
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ROBERT FLYNN, a native of Chillicothe, Texas, is the author
of seven novels, among them North To Yesterday (winner of
awards from the Texas Institute of Letters and the National
Cowboy Hall of Fame and named one of the Best Books of the
Year by the New York Times) and Wanderer Springs (winner of
a Spur Award from Western Writers of America). Most recently,
he coauthored with the late Dan Klepper a new novel, The
Devils Tiger. Retired as writer-in-residence at Trinity University,
he lives in Shavano Park with his wife, Jean.
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