by Randy Maugans
Visionary by Michael Hallford
481 ppg.
Tumblar House -2008
ISBN 978-0-9791600-6-6
“Visionary” on Amazon.com
“In every life there come points of nexus, where one feels connected to the vast flow of events.”-from “Visionary” by Michael Hallford
Slacker reporter, Jim Jacobson, is sent to cover the visit of the mystic-prophet figure, Nigel Fox. Jacobson’s skepticism is exceeded only by his self doubt and remorse about his own life and roots.
Before the day is over he wil be hurled into an adventure that spans sixty years of history, the events of a world war, a beautiful and ill-fated love affair set in the backdrop of eastern Orthodox spirituality.
The book is a novel in the grand sense: a purposeful plot with characters that walk and breathe within the narrative and dialogue. Interwoven elements of Christian mysticism and Biblical prophecy collide with conspiracy and the new technology of the post-war America: televison.
Visionary is book about the discovery of faith, recovery of a lost past, and the pains and joys of connections which defy time, space , and logic. It is very much, a novel with multiple layers of connection to the human spirit as it struggles to comprehend the divine.
Michael Hallford is the nom de plume of Ev (Everette) Haliford, who has been a recurring guest on the Threshing Floor. He can be heard discussing the themes of “Visionary” at the links below:
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