Palpable Obscure

In a twist on the Faust legend an embittered creative writing teacher by the name of Olwen Sheridan meets a charismatic young student who appears to have everything: looks money and the confidence that comes with having both. His own life series of disappointments Olwen believes himself accursed; but the young man who calls himself Silvanus assures him he isn't intimating that Olwen could have anything he wanted if he so chose including a dazzling writing career. Palpable Obscure is a tour of a man's life in all its passion and shame and a story of how meaning seems to elude us the more we come to expect it. But if as Olwen discovers perspective is everything is there much point in looking for truth?