The Delay of the Parousia

In the turbulent times of the Sixties, a young boy adopted to North America from India settles with his adopted family in a rustic fishing village of Aquilon. His plans are to get along with new friends, but events take a turn when Felix brother dies in a boating accident and Aryl's former adoptive father comes looking for him. Guided by the parish priest Father Brenwitz (who has a medical problem from a tumor on his brain) Aryl discovers his interests are much the same as the interests of everyone else. Aryl's concerns for his new found friends helps him to climb the steep ascent to an enlightened view of the world he lives in now.