Not What You'd Expect

pin (Portland, OR) I read Jebb's book in a couple of days and I'm a pretty casual reader usually. It starts out as a pretty interesting cop story with some laugh-out-loud insights and lots of action, but as Jebb's protagonist Owen decides to change his life, the story and the character spirals and twists in a number of different and unexpected directions in what turns out to be ultimately an engrossing spritual quest that takes him around the world walking and hitchiking with almost no material possesions or resources. Along the way he meets and travels with everyone from roadhouse drunks to religious, mystic types of various faiths. I've found myself thinking a lot about this book and the questions it raises about life and values in the western world since I finished it. It is a very engaging, thought provoking read and highly recommeded unless you are just looking for another cop thriller which it isn't.