"Readers of this book may ask as I did, What have we here? Poetry or protest? Wisdom or wackiness? Parody or preaching? Automotive analysis or autobiographical admission? The answer: both none and all of the above in a seething admixture of erudition, despair, hopefulness, realism, Romanticism, contempt, and humility. And yet somehow also a foundational affirmation of the redemptive potential of love. 'You were innocent until you read this' was a line that sticks with me. Which makes the reader guilty of . what? I had to read the book to find out. I am truly glad I did." --Robert W. Yarbrough, Professor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary, St.

Louis, Missouri.