Busboy at the Banquet of Life

The banquet of life is a metaphor for contemporary culture and society. The busboy is the one immediately aware of the waste and loss involved in the banquet. He tries to redeem the loss, minimize the waste, and recycle live resources in what small ways he can. The busboy also witnesses the rapid, indiscriminate consumption and gluttonous ingratitude toward what he knows has been deliberately and painstakingly prepared. This work serves as a vehicle both to mourn the sense of loss and to celebrate the redemption of what can be salvaged from the feast. In the peril of these times, this book is like a map which charts a course between the rock and the whirlpool, between shallow denial on the one hand and engulfing despair on the other. The way through may be narrow, but it is there and it is navigable.Barlow, Terry is the author of 'Busboy at the Banquet of Life' with ISBN 9781413700121 and ISBN 1413700128.