Forget Silicon Valley. In the mid-21st century, the smart money has descended on Durham, North Carolina, birthplace of the US paranormal industry, and the ÒPsi-40Ó corridor just south of town, where the CIA makes bets on teenage psychic prodigies, venture capitalists scuffle over ESP patent rights and newly-minted remote-view millionaires wear only the biggest Rolexes. But is Wall Street ready for MindÕs Eye Corporation?
With verve and insight, The Shining Rock Grand limns a fantastic world that is all too recognizable, a young manÕs dreams and disasters, and a singular corner of the South, where enduring histories, landscapes and languages face down a bewitching aesthetic and technological future.