Farley's Jewel: A Novel In Search Of Being

The Story

The U.S. fiction debut of an author and sociology major who minored in philosophy, played pro basketball in Switzerland, and now teaches English and coaches pro basketball in Lausanne. This is philosophy as fiction, or fiction as philosophy, depending on how you look at it.Larry Farley is a philosopher on sabbatical, attempting to fit Heideggerzs notion of zDaseinz into a computer model. His baggage: kids, a dog, a wandering eye, a jealous wife, a mother with Alzheimerzs, and a penchant for turning the issues of life and death over and over in his heart, polishing them like a jewel. His wife throws him out, he eyes every woman who passes, his mother floats through time, but Farleyzs attention is caught only by the question of being.