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pen-nants all round him on the wall:Rome,Florence,Pisa,Padua;a monksaying to another:'For Christmasmy hair shirt's stuffed with holly';a cook-monk in the monasterybakehouse putting a pie in theoven,saying to another:'Threedays in a hot oven and it'll riseagain';a sinning monk being toldfrom the confessional box:'You'reabout to be at the receiving endof a remarkable new penance';an irate monk saying to a monk-waiter at table:'What do youmean,fish is off?'  \nNo doubt about it,Book of theMonk will be the year's mostirreverent Christmas Card-Book.I suppose one day it'll be a caseof Burnett at the stake:mean-while,let's thoroughly enjoy hisenormous talent for ribald fun.\"  \n—Whitefriar  \nTHE MERLIN PRESSII FITZROY SQUARELONDON,W.I.  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# BOOK OF THE MONK\n\nALSO BY HUGH BURNETT:  \nTop SacredSacred and ConfidentialNothing SacredBeware of the AbbotAdam and Eve  \n# BOOK of theMONK\n\nHUGH BURNETT  \nLONDON  \nMERLIN PRESSI968  \nCOPYRIGHT ◎1968 BY HUGH BURNETT  \nPRINTED IN ENGLAND BYBILLING &sONS LIMITEDGUILDFORD AND LONDONAND  \nFIRST PUBLISHED I968 BYTHE MERLIN PRESS LIMITEDII FITZROY sQUARELONDON WI  \n‘It's the new miracle cake-mix—!’  \n'Terribly sorry,no—This is a mosque—!\"","cbCair2hCIivZsd4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair2hCIivZsd4","pdf",1384744,56,"English","# Introduction to Hugh Burnett's Monks\n## Selected Comic Highlights\n## Publication Details","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of Book of the Monk?\",\"answer\":\"The book is written and illustrated by Hugh Burnett.\"},{\"question\":\"When was Book of the Monk originally published?\",\"answer\":\"The book was first published in 1968 by The Merlin Press in London.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the general theme of the cartoons in the book?\",\"answer\":\"The cartoons feature satirical, irreverent, and humorous depictions of monks engaged in various funny and everyday situations.\"}]","Book of the Monk | 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