God Is My Broker: A Monk-tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth

click here for more details, find new or used items	Brother Ty et al. New from £14.90 Used from £13.46 Pages: 288 (Paperback) ISBN: 1857882253 Pub: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd Pub date: 1999-10-28 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 832023

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A funny and irreverent look at gurus and guidance (1/1 people found this helpful)

Not the usual thing you'd expect from this title but it had me laughing lots. You don't need to be 'against' the self improvement masters, Deepak and his brigade, in order to find it funny. I am an admirer of his and practise much of what he preaches but the satirical digs in this book are still hilarious. Give it as a gift that will not be forgotten

funny for 2 reasons (1/1 people found this helpful)

This is a quick read that will provide a good laugh at the expense of mass market con artists.

I'm not sure which is funnier : this book - or those reviewers below who feel cheated because they took the title seriously.

misleading but funny!! (0/1 people found this helpful)

If your're buying this book as a guideline for combining Godly principles with those of money management, put it back on the shelf. The inside cover synopsis of the book is misleading in that sense. Otherwise, as a work of fiction, it is funny and entertaining.

A Robust Bouquet With No Succulent Aftertaste (0/2 people found this helpful)

I enjoyed this book. But I have seen better (and much worst) satires of self-help and of American values. This book lacks the mordancy and scathing hilarity of THANK YOU FOR SMOKING; I enjoyed it, had a few good laughs, but would not buy it for friends or recommend it. Satire it is, and good satire, but much much closer to such "non-books" as 10001 Uses for a Dead Cat, or THE RULES OF DUCT TAPE, than to the best satiric books which earn a permanent place on our book-shelves.

This vintage, finally, is too light and frothy and a little "too" easy. I missed the mad brilliance I have seen in Buckley's other books and think that perhaps I would have rated this book higher if the author's other work had not given me such gleeful expectations.

The hype was too much, it comes across as self satire. (0/0 people found this helpful)

This self serving book is about making money for the authors. I felt suckered in but did enjoy a few laughs, if you feel like paying a buck per guffaw, then this is for you. Brother Ty does make some very valid points in regards to the preachers of self help. Common sense is something most people have and Buckley proves that conclusively here but wait for the paperback or borrow the thing...

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