Best of Blue

A child of poor Jewish parentage, educated in the roughest part of the East End of London, worked his way to Balliol College, Oxford and the Rabbinate to become a star of radio and stage. His "Thought for the Day" broadcasts enchanted and invigorated millions of listeners. The Rabbi's humour became celebrated making it even a regular feature of "Private Eye", the satirical magazine. The Rabbi's opening gambit of 'Good morning Peter, good morning Sue and good morning everyone' became as famous as the opening gambits of broadcasters, such as David Frost or Dixon of Dock Green. Now in his early seventies, Lionel Blue has decided to present the very best of his writing for a wide public. Much of this has never been published in book form before including articles for "The Tablet and Saga" magazine. The book sparkles with Lionel Blue's characteristic and idiosyncratic humour. It is through this that his profound wisdom has touched the hearts and minds of millions of appreciative listeners. In 1972, Lionel Blue was a little known Rabbi in London. Spotted by a perceptive publisher, he then published his first book "To Heaven with Scribes and Pharisees". Many still consider this his best. But the range of books that followed was incredible - cookery books, books of Jewish jokes, the "Blue Guide to Eternity" and "Jewish Prayer Books for High Days and Holy Days". This whole range is represented in this charming new collection.

ISBN 082649045X   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780826490452 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.   Weight (grammes) 286 Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 14 Sep 2006   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress BM   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 204   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

		Dear child		7
		A slit of light		10
		Streetwise		12
		Angels on horseback		14
		Becoming a man		19
		'It'		22
		A starker Spain		25
		Making it big in the next life		27
		Dutch courage		30
		A dream of marble halls		33
		Pig and Jew		36
		Bus stop		38
		Home from home		40
		Granny's juju		42
		Chow		44
		Guardian angel at Gatwick		46
		The God cage		48
		Take care - take care!		51
		God lies in wait!		53
		Wrong reasons for the right thing		55
		Seven deadly sins on holiday		62
		Toothbrush and paste		66
		Badly used		69
		The gnat		71
		Cigarette and handbag		75
		The case of the bearded bride		78
		A whiff of adultery		80
		Louis and Lottie		83
		The birds of Torremolinos		86
		Marbella (where the money is!)		88
		Spiritual walkabout		90
		Lunatic but loving		92
		He who hesitates		94
		More...

"At the moment, those in the ministry are keen to find a contemporary idiom for the gospel. Maybe some of those who go to the West Coast at considerable expense in order to discover this elusive argot would do better to get this book and find a quiet corner on Boars Hill with Fr Livinus' imprint (cf. p. 108), to read it."-Nicholas Madden, Mount Carmel, July-Sept. 2010

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