Publisher's Synopsis
THE FICKLE PENDULUM assays belief and doubt through three historical figures St. Thomas the Apostle, Galileo Galilei and Laura (Riding) Jackson and uses them to pivot into wider thematic worlds. The writing is thoughtful, exploratory and never weighed down by its subject matter, and the language vibrant and rich in metaphor. The reader ineluctably mixes Paul Scullys meditations with his or her own.
