sentences:  The book takes a mostly light hearted look at what might happen when two vastly opposing worlds and ways of life come into contact with each other.Following a chance meeting with a Buddhist monk in a Glasgow sandwich bar one lunchtime, painter and decorator Jimmy McKenna starts to develop an interest in Buddhism and begins to visit a meditation centre and go away for weekend retreats.The story is essentially about Jimmy's new found faith, and the reaction of his immediate family to this.