Title: A lightweight path to enlightenment
Product review: Cardboard-cutout characters, a contrived conspiracy, and cliched concepts doom this tale to the dregs of pop spirituality. The plot is hilariously bad. An American hops on a plane to Peru with no clear idea of why, and then gets swept up in a race for an ancient manuscript. The author tells us the manuscript is a secret, but then he puts its contents in the hands and voices of virtually every character in the book. He expects us to believe the Peruvian government is scared of the manuscript's contents, and that we are supposed to be scared of the Peruvian military. I am more scared about how this book wound up on the New York Times bestseller list (I found a free used copy and survived its contents during an airplane flight). Even if you're desperate to consume fluffy pseudo-spiritual tripe by the light of an incense burner, be forewarned that this book's philosophical weight is light as a kite.
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