Review published on Amazon.com by Brain Wallace (http://www.amazon.com), May 29 2009

Expanding worlds of imagination

This fascinating and absorbing work floated serendipitously into my consciousness and I'm so glad that it did.

When I first laid eyes on it, I thought it was going to be a single-focused philosophical treatise on the mysterious visual "floaters" that appear before our eyes during various states of consciousness (hint, hint). Well, it's certainly that, and much, much more.

"Breaking Through" combined with "The Lessons of Don Juan" is an apt description...but then it's much, much more.

This highly thought-provoking and thoroughly captivating story features an explorer of consciousness and his ongoing dialogues and experiences with a "seer." As the protagonist loses himself in the intricacies of refurbishing a magical piece of furniture, his consciousness undergoes deeper and deeper transformations. He takes a Thomas Mann-like spiritual journey that ultimately fulfills the reader at many levels. The book serves as a model or metaphor for viewing the world through different perspectives and striving for cognitive "wholeness."

This is a book to be read slowly and savored. Special philosophical nuances and insights will emerge as you digest each scrumptious chapter.

The characters are endearing and get inside your soul. The vivid descriptions of place and setting will make you feel that you are actually there in the European mountains. This is a warm, compassionate and enlightened work that brought tears to my eyes in the final chapter.

Bravo, Sir Floco!!!