Christopher Robinson – författare

War of the Encyclopaedists is Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite's dazzling literary debut.On a summer night in an arty enclave of Seattle, friends Mickey Montauk and Halifax Corderoy throw one last blowout party before their lives part ways. They had planned to move together to Boston, but global events have intervened: Montauk has just learnt that his National Guard unit will deploy to Baghdad at the end of the summer. And Corderoy is faced with a moral dilemma: his girlfriend Mani has just been evicted and he must decide whether or not to abandon her when she needs him most. The year that follows will transform them all.'This book has sweep and heart and humour. It captures coming of age during foreign wars and domestic malaise, and it does so with electrifying insight' Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club'As bizarre, hilarious and devastating as the past decade . . . Simultaneously a coming-of-age story, a war story, and a story of the disaffected millennial generation for whom the war hardly happened at all' Phil Klay, author of Redeployment

Each day a friendship is made. We have the choice what kind of friendship that is going to be. The friendship to be cherished above all friendships o yes even, greater still than family, friends, the friendship of the Master Jesus Christ Himself. What greater gift than this the one who; made it all laying down His life but even still we seem to grumble and complain. How can this be when there is a hand reaching out calling asking for a friendship! Still we continue on seemingly without a care just watching hoping for better. Why? I often wonder when all around us is evidence of better still. We seem to say evidence of what? My mind cannot understand. We are promised no limits. We look at this in unbelief and say no limits. How, how, can this be. But all the while still pleading, almost begging as you will, crying out is the never ending. Who is it? What is it? Can this be for real? Have I gone crazy? No my mind must be playing tricks on me. No this is for real. We have the power to choose. Stop we say, I can''t take it. I must be going crazy. Then we question is this for real? Could this be real? Do I even have the power to choose? Every day a friendship is made unique one of a kind but known is more special than the gift given from God a relationship with Him. To have, to hold, to cherish, the beauty of a friendship.

In "e;Undeserved: Grasping Gods Grace"e;, Christopher invites you to join his journey of learning how to accept the grace of God into our lives. It is so easy to say that we are covered by His grace, but how do we live in it? How do we take this free gift that God has given us, open it up, and give thanks to our Father for it?

A smart, fresh tale for the millenial generation - about going to university, going to war, and growing upIt was the Friday before Independence Day and the twentysomethings of early-millennium Seattle were celebrating alcohol and freedom as they had done every Friday since time immemorial. On Fifteenth Avenue, in Capitol Hill, Mickey Montauk and Halifax Corderoy were hosting their sixth event as "The Encyclopaedists"...Meet Mickey Montauk and Halifax Corderoy. On their own, they are two kids kicking around town after the end of high school, getting drunk and high and waiting for life to begin. Together, for one glorious, immortal summer, they are the Encyclopaedists: infamous hosts of the wildest parties Seattle has ever seen. But what will happen when the summer ends?Autumn comes and life intervenes: the two friends find themselves flung worlds apart. Mickey's National Guard unit are deployed abroad and Hal must take up his place at college in Boston. All that remains of their old life is their last great in-joke, a nonsensical Wikipedia entry about themselves, The Encyclopaedists.Out in Baghdad, Mickey finds himself in the middle of a brutal war that has no place for laid-back, sensitive youths or ironic webpages. Back in the US, Hal is marooned in the anonymity of the freshman college experience, rapidly realising the parties just aren't the same without his old partner in crime. And on top of all the upheavel there is Mani, Hal's bewitching, suddenly-homeless sort-of girlfriend...In their first year as adults, these three characters will be transformed into people they would never have recognised - and might not even have let through the door - on the eve of Independence Day on Capitol Hill.Razor-sharp, urgent and authentic, this is the story of a generation at a crossroads, staring down the barrel of adulthood and trying desperately not to blink. 'Extraordinary... An extremely moving story that feels as if it has something urgent to say about how we live now' Sunday Times