num_pages: 704
description: "Regarding an Angel's Flight" isa philosophical and psychological study of changing American morals and moresover the last half century - structured, in the classical tradition of "Hamlet"and "Oedipus Rex", as both murder mystery and tragedy.After a series of mysteriousmurders in a small Southern town, a grad student suddenly finds himself caughtup in a twentieth century version of "Pilgrims Progress".¿ The story is a philosophical who-done-it, aswell as a search for morality within a high-tech world of conflictingideologies - an adventure through fifty of the most turbulent years in history.The book covers the period from1933 (with the inaugurations of Franklin Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler) to thereelection of Ronald Reagan in 1984.¿News reports and analyses are used as transitions between dramaticscenes - which serve the dual purpose of placing the fictional story inhistorical context, while at the same time dramatizing the issues being playedout on the world stage.
language: English
title: Regarding an Angel's Flight: The vast saga of one man's search for the truth - and of those who tried to stop him
titlecomplete: Regarding an Angel's Flight: The vast saga of one man's search for the truth - and of those who tried to stop him
ratings_count: 1
publisher: AuthorHouse