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The Passion of the Christoph Kindle Edition

by Christoph Paul (Author), Rachel Thompson (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Winner of Orangeberry Humor Book Hall of Fame 2013

"The Passion of the Christoph" doesn't fit into neat sub-categories, and that's just what (former porn store manager and military school survivor) Christoph Paul wants. "Passion" is literary in its style and references, yet is downright pornographic in its content, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable to print. If this was the eighties, Christian groups might burn this book, despite Paul's affinity for Tim Tebow.

Set up as a series of hilarious short stories, satirical essays, political opinions, and the occasional poem, "Passion" covers hard-hitting topics like how to choose the best adult titles (using "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace as inspiration) to fill porn store inventory and ways to judge the economy by evaluating strip club etiquette which Paul coins “Srippernomics”.

In more light-hearted fare, Paul explores the pain of addiction during a misunderstood youth and highlights his time stuck in both military school and teenage rehab. Many of the short stories are reminiscent of a memoir, but this is no “Eat, Pray, Love” more of an "X, X, X.”…Porn, not the bad Vin Diesel movie.

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“Everything you were afraid to ask (or find out) about men and sex, toilet paper rolls, porn stores, teenage rehab, post-sex etiquette, being single, military school, and karma. Paul is now one of my favorite humor essayists; David Sedaris eat your heart out.”

—Loren Kleinman, columnist, www.IndieReader.com

“This is either the highest low-brow or the lowest high-brow writing I’ve ever seen. No one, and I mean no one, could write a porn store buying guide better than Christoph Paul.”

—Jason Donnelly, author, Gripped

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December 12, 2013
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C4NO4EY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Swift Ink Books (December 12, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 452 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 178 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #4,241,797 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,139 in Good & Evil Philosophy
- #2,306 in Religious Humor
- #2,859 in Philosophy of Good & Evil

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Christoph Paul is an award-winning humor author. He writes non-fiction, YA, Bizarro, horror, and poetry including: The Passion of the Christoph, Great White House Volume 1 and Volume 2, Slasher Camp for Nerd Dorks, and Horror Film Poems. He is an editor for CLASH Media and CLASH Books and edited the anthologies Walk Hand in Hand Into Extinction: Stories Inspired by True Detective and This Book Ain’t Nuttin to F*%k With: A Wu-Tang Tribute Anthology. Under the pen name Mandy De Sandra, he writes Bizarro Erotica that has been covered in VICE, Huffington Post, Jezebel, and AV Club.

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Philip J. Nork

Funny, sometimes

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2013

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The Passion of Christoph is a satire book about the subject that everyone wants one about--porno shops. The humor is all about the men who frequent porno shops, the movie titles in most porno shops and the author, who worked at a porno shop as he took writing classes.

Some of the chapters were funny and made me laugh, while others I didn't get the humor at all. This type of satire must be an acquired taste that I don't have. That doesn't take away from the writing and if you're into this type of thing I am sure you'll enjoy this.

If you have a night when there's nothing on TV, or you're alone and don't want to be, this is an excellent read. If nothing else, you'll learn much more than you ever wanted to know about porno and the people who surround it.

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Emma J

The Best Essay About Working In A Porn Store You Will Ever Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2014

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This book collects essays that cover a wide range of topics. Christoph is at his strongest when he's discussing his work at an adult video store or experiences in rehab and military school. The standout essay very thoughtfully discusses why he would pick certain videos to order for the store while avoiding others. This section is heavily footnoted and touches on philosophy, politics, gender, race, culture... just very smart and also hilarious. Some of the essays are goofs. Fake poems by sports guys that I don't know anything about, that didn't work for me because I don't know anything about them. Overall, a fun read with a bunch of laughs.

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Gisela Hausmann

It's adult content as funny as it can get...

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2014

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Obviously, I could guess “The Passion of the Christoph” had to be funny because fellow author Rachel Thompson had written the foreword.

EXPLICIT WARNING – ADULT CONTENT - THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART – it contains explicit content, in part vulgar language, and mentions everything, which some parts of society do not want “us” to know.

That being said: I have never read that kind of content in a funnier presentation. Though as reviewer I am known to typically quote the author once or twice, I cannot do this with this book, as the best parts of the book contain obvious adult content.
I appreciate the author’s references to politics and must confess: I laughed and laughed, and to a certain extent – am still laughing. On a personal level I was delighted to see that in his chapter “Scientific Study of What Male Actions Cause the Most Vaginal Dryness” author Christoph Paul confirmed my own thoughts and ranked “Wearing a Snuggie” at 99.3%, or as a worse scenario than “Jobless and Living with Mom”, which in this author author’study scored at only 91%.

Uninhibited, intelligent, liberal and hilariously funny, to the right reader this book is a 6****** book.

Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger

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Brad

Funny, shocking, Passionate

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013

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"Passion of the Christoph" is a book without an audience in mind, and that is a high compliment. In an age when many books fit into neat sub-categories, Paul's work is literary in its style and references yet downright pornographic in its content, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable to print.

Set up as a series of essays, poems, and short stories, "Passion" graces light-hearted topics like how to choose the best adult titles to fill a "Novelty store" to the hilarious yet disturbing world of a European woman's interesting bedroom preferences; Still, Paul makes room to explore the pain of addiction during a misunderstood youth and time stuck in a military academy. Many of the short stories are reminiscent of a memoir, but this is no "Eat, Pray, Love" more of an "X, X, X".

That said, there really is something for everyone in Paul's "Passion of the Christoph". It never feels overly serious and even those pieces with darkness are examined with a light-heart. Heck, Paul even addresses politics in a way that can bring the two parties together--maybe.

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ChaChaTuscadero

Daring Read

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2014

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The parental advisory image on the front cover is your warning. No topic or body part is taboo in this collection of creative nonfiction. It's definitely NSF and, at the same time, Paul manages to add a layer of poignancy to the sex, drugs and rock and roll. My favorite piece was about the lap dancer (yes, I just wrote that.).

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Tusitalabruni

A lot of fun, and you might learn something.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2015

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As much as I like Mandy De Sandra, I have to say that I like Christoph Paul better. This is a wonderful collection of essays and stories on life, the universe and everything. His porn store stories are my favorite with the rehab stories a close second. I love the mix of realism and Mike Royko-type realism. It's also kinda-sorta a self-help type book, too. It's a fun book, and you might learn something. (PS: You can see some of Mandy peeking through, especially in the last story.)

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013

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Christoph's short stories are a great insight to the male psych - if the males went to an all-boys school and worked in a porn shop in Washington DC. The stories made me laugh and sometimes say "Oh my god, I can't believe he said that!" Staying true to himself and to his work, these aren't your momma's short stories. With satire, sarcasm and masterbuation - one of my more funnier reads.

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D. S. Atkinson

Paul lays down a damn goon line and combines a great deal of insight, intelligence, and humor

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015

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I'm not a huge one for essay, but Paul lays down a damn goon line and combines a great deal of insight, intelligence, and humor. The satire is wonderful, that being something that is definitely up my alley. Regardless, some fine and engaging writing.

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