Corina's Way

<p class=ql-align-justify>The Reverend Corina Youngblood minister of the African Spiritual Church of Mercy is a woman powered by Jesus and the <em>santos</em>. Her corner store which caters to the eclectic religious and spiritual needs of New Orleans is threatened by her Cuban ex-lover and mentor Elroy Delgago's plans to open a Walmart-like Superbotanica nearby. Gus Houston a displaced former army officer now ersatz chaplain at an exclusive girl's school discovers her mesmerizing powers and strikes up a profitable and prophetic relationship sending Corina his troubled students for consultation. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>When Gus hits on the idea of entering the white girls into the gospel singing competition during the Jazzfest he triggers a series of events that has all sides evoking the spirits for good and ill. Rod Davis combines religion voodoo New Age philosophy and good old-fashioned capitalism greed envy and a host of other unsavory motives in his entertaining first novel.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Rod Davis understands that hidden Southern space where the ancient currents of African spirituality still linger in the American soul. <em>Corina's Way</em> is a stunning fictional debut from an author who has already brought us what is arguably the finest account of voudou in America.</p><p class=ql-align-right>- Wade Davis author of <em>The Serpent and the Rainbow</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Make room on that crammed New Orleans shelf for <em>Corina's Way</em> a multi-layered tale of suspense about our mysterious underbelly and its all-seeing navel. - Andrei Codrescu author of <em>Messiah</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p></p>