Michael Downing is the author of four novels, including Breakfast with Scot and Perfect Agreement, and a play, The Last Shaker. He teaches creative writing at Tufts University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Downing tells the story with a novelist's attention to character
and detail . . . this book deserves a wide reading.” —Publishers
Weekly
"Downing wisely takes a Zen approach and weaves together diverse
voices to create a fascinating, multifaceted chronicle." —Booklist
(starred)
“Downing (Breakfast with Scot) journeys from the utopian origins of
the center as the first Buddhist monastery ever established outside
of Asia, through the success of the upscale Greens restaurant and
the Tassahara Bread Bakery, to the explosion of shady business
dealings, sexual exploitation of female workers, cultlike
activities, and seemingly hypocritical use of Zen philosophies.
Downing is not judgmental, instead presenting facts in a narrative
style that flows quickly through 20 years of Zen Center enterprises
and tumult.” —Library Journal
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