Luther doesn’t know what to do with his life, and Finn introduces him to the idea of “bardo” — “a Buddhist term,” Finn says, “for those times like what you’re dealing with, when the normal sense of the continuity of your life is interrupted.” (Or, as Dutch would put it later, “The state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. … They’d take away my hippie credentials if I forgot!”)
Fun read, interesting story .. probably my favorite so far by this author! All the stories connect lightly but this one is really Luther’s story through and through
In a series of novels, starting with “Venice Beach” in 2015, Chico writer Emily Gallo (emilygallo.com) has charted the lives of a group of unlikely friends. In her latest, “Bardo” ($12.95 in paperback, independently published; also for Amazon Kindle)...
Novelist Emily Gallo tackles an exonerated Luther, who is once again, after twenty years in prison, accused of a murder he did not commit in "Bardo."