The infinite plan

As a boy, Gregory Reeves accepts the endless journeying and poverty whichis his family's lot, never questioning the validity of his preacherfather's philosophy of life - the Infinite Plan. But, as manhoodapproaches, Gregory finds himself increasingly possessed by a yearning toescape. Hankering after worldly wealth, he longs to break away from thebarrio, the teeming Hispanic ghetto of downtown Los Angeles where hisfamily has finally settled. Gregory's quest, so different from hisfather's takes him first to the killing fields of Vietnam, and thence tolaw school from where he pitches headlong into a hedonistic pursuit of theAmerican Dream... "Devotees of Allende's 'The House of the Spirits'willrejoice to find again in her new novel the magical storyteller's touchthat transforms life into a compelling emotional adventure, leaving onebreathless. 'The Infinite Plan'is her first to be set outside LatinAmerica - in California where she now lives - but many of its charactersabound in Latin American fervour. A hopeful, warm hearted, absorbingnovel, affirming life and love but not flinching from exploring the painthat inevitably accompanies both." DAILY MAIL