Jake Fades A Novel of Impermanence

Jake is a Zen master who fixes flats and teaches meditation out of a bicycle shop in Bar Harbor, Maine. Hank is his longtime student. The aging Jake hopes that Hank will take over teaching for him. But the commitment-phobic Hank doesn't feel up to the job, and Jake is beginning to exhibit behavior that looks suspiciously like Alzheimer's disease. Spend a few days with Jake, Hank, and an odd assortment of other endearing characters on their trip to Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, that changes everything.

David Guy teaches writing in the Hart Leadership Program and the Masters of Public Policy Program at Duke University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Autobiography of My Body and The Red Thread of Passion. His book reviews appear regularly in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other papers, and he is a contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.