Although many books have been written on the subject of the
Camino de Santiago
I believe that the present is the only one in existence
guaranteed to lighten the load of every pilgrim’s heavy backpack. The Sinners
Guide is a laugh out loud; laugh a minute essential item for the modern day
pilgrim. More like the antics of some of the bawdier
characters in Chaucer's Canterbury tales than the pretentious spiritual bilge
knocked out about the Camino de Santiago by more 'celebrated' authors, Eddie
Rock's book is an honest, entertaining warts-and-all romp as Eddie takes us on
a long walk of alcoholic indiscretions, brushes with the law and accidental
genital applications of deep heat, all the while providing an entertaining
commentary upon his surroundings, while never taking himself too seriously. It
makes for a refreshing change from the usual run of Camino fodder, treating the
whole thing as some reverential sacred cow!
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