Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again – a showman on stage, creating dazzling ‘portraits in lightning’ – and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.ĭecades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. From ‘The most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature’ ( Guardian), comes a spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.Ī spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers.
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