Renting the Veil
Renting the Veil, by A. Smith, my first novel, is available through amazon. com in paperback or on Kindle.
www.rentingtheveil.com
A
linear-thinking ordinary businessman suddenly loses his young wife and spirals
into uncontained grief. In a desperate
attempt for solace and connection, he discreetly contacts a psychic who seemingly contacts his wife. Joe becomes obsessed with reaching her directly, exploring
each new option with a haunting intensity:
angels, dreams, astral projection, shamanic forces, synchronicity, past
lives, shamanic forces and meditating in “places where the material and
spiritual worlds has thinned.”
His
diversion is secretive as he has a professional image to maintain, yet he occasionally
senses that he is the object of an overt joke. The more confused he becomes, the more
holographic his reality appears. The
clients he represents in his law practice mirror his emotional journey. It is a hilarious gallery of colorful people,
volatile and vulnerable.
Weaving
through the story as well, a valuable coin passes through many undiscerning
hands, paralleling Joe’s elusive search.
Covering
an amazing bandwidth of the American experience, the story is poetic and
pragmatic, tragic and comical, and an intelligent portrait of grief in a
culture where death knows no mercy.
Alternately a heart-wrenching and hilarious adventure, it will rank as one of the most influential books you will ever read.