Prodigal Angel

Angel is troubled. He seems to have been inserted into a world he didn't know and very certainly didn't want. He keeps asking for the paperwork behind his arrival on Earth, but no one seems to know where it is.To all appearances, Angel is a "normal" human-or is he?-whatever that really is. But with no sense of belonging, no family, no friends, his early life is a shambles. Soon he's in the grip of the Great Ache. If it weren't for his invisible friends, plus a strong dose of humor and music, he'd be a goner.A string of extraordinary occurrences (some might call them other-worldly) leads Angel to question to nature of his reality-actually, reality as a whole. Lucky for him he remembered his previous incarnation as the Roman Emperor Arugula, which led him to his teacher, the revered Baba Ghanoush, who taught him about enlightenment and also how to make a nice eggplant spread.With wit, whimsy, and powerful insights into the nature of consciousness, Prodigal Angel explores Angel's journey from pained beginnings to profound fulfillment.Lou Marzeles is a prot g of his invisible mentor, Dr. Lucius Marzipan. He (Lou, not Dr. Marzipan) is the author of The Promise of Purpose and Life for the Reality Impaired and several very clever puns that seem to be funny only to his cats. Lou lives in a part of Washington State that isn't a megalopolis where he works, if you can call it that, as an editor.