Parking The Zeitgeist And Just Walking: a clandestine aberration (The Scottish Psychic: Andrew from St. Andrews Book 2)

While the cosmic giggle factor never really left "Who Cares About Ancient Secrets?", Gordon Phinn's first discursive take on the mystery genre, Vol.2 in "The Scottish Psychic: Andrew From St. Andrews" series plunges deep into the gritty reality of our cherished multiculturalism. Our intrepid playboy layabout Andrew, while bravely fighting off repeated attacks of Presbyterian Buddhism, quickly lands his charmed circle in the hot waters of the 21st century vs the 13th. Sometimes it looks like post-feminist righteousness and sometimes like the semi-final grudge match left over from the Crusades. With the lure of the opium poppy lurking not far behind.
What will the rich white liberals actually do to back up their commitment to the sovereign rights of the individual? Will they step out of the comfy bubble of their democratic decadence to save a disobedient little slut from being whacked for her insolence?
Surely female emancipation trumps family honour? Surely Democracy cannot be forever subverted by the PR skullduggery of special interest groups like the fossilfuelpharmaceuticalbankingintelligence religions? Surely paranoid finger pointing can be safely tucked away in the fairy tales of transparency and accountability? We'll see about that.


"In Parking The Zeitgeist And Just Walking, Gordon Phinn presents Andrew, an erudite, sophisticated and weathered Toronto psychic full of crack cultural references high and low. He's been around a few blocks and maybe seen just a bit too much, but he's kept up his curiousity about life, even if his expections of transformation have dimmed. He's got a couple of intimate women friends and a mysterious colleague-slash-partner in crime, Jordan. A delightful and spirited read!"

- Michael Bryson, founder, The Danforth Review, author, Lizard and Other Stories