On Robert P. Baird’s “The Nimbus: A Tragicomedy Examining the Nature of Belief - Chicago Review of Books If you let the pervasiveness of religion in Robert P. Baird’s debut novel, The Nimbus, scare you away, you’re sure to miss out. Sure, this novel is steeped in theology. It’s set at a Divinity School a...

Chicago Review of Books ran an ecstatic review of #TheNimbus!

"In his smart, smooth debut, Baird delivers a tragicomedy that examines the nature of belief—religious, intellectual, and familial—and the limits of human perception."

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#TheNimbus by @robertpbaird.com was featured in the Chicago Tribune's Summer Reading Roundup! Discover more about this exciting debut here:
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Using humor and suspense, and informed by theological thinking from across history, this original novel entertains while exploring the human need to believe.
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