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The Flaw in the Fabric
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Author:
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Lindsey, Jim T.
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North America, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Genre:
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Other
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Time Frame:
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None
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Description:
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Combine and let simmer through a wandering lifetime Oz, Tolkien, Alice in Wonderland, the Buddha, the tall tales of a Nova Scotian fishing village and plenty of jalapeños and good grief ... and if you're Jim Lindsey you come up with A Travellers Guide for Lost Souls, a hearty stew in the first book of which a flaw in the fabric of the way things are, and a mad monk who can bring back the dead, jolt down-on-his-luck tour guide Raymond Kidd out of a lethargic solitude, reuniting him with his wives in two separate lifetimes and then tearing him away from them both to go rescue a reformed pirate's sweetheart from a demon in a realm between lives.
Review: "Eighteenth century time travel, grinding existential angst and hearty dollops of Buddhist-flavored metaphysics combine to make Jim Lindsey’s “Travellers Guide to Lost Souls” a delightful adventure to read. His characters come alive on the page. The plot twists through the picturesque Granite Coast of Nova Scotia. Ultimately, the novel lifts readers to ponder an unexpected realm of departed spirits who linger among us."
Perry Flippin, editor emeritus, Standard-Times
San Angelo, Texas
Jim Lindsey is a writer, actor, sailor, photographer, blues singer, Buddhist and Texan living in Nova Scotia with family in California, Colorado, Texas, and Germany. His first book, In Lieu of Mecca, published by University of Pittsburgh Press, was runner-up for the United States Poetry Award. His second, The Difficult Days, translations of poems by Roberto Sosa of Honduras, came out with Princeton University Press. His short short story Message from the Thirteenth Floor took first place in Grain Magazine of Saskatchewan’s annual literary competition.
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