Glasser
presents a harsh and uncompromising view of the Vietnam era military
and San Francisco street life during the mid 1960s. At the onset
of the first chapter, the reader becomes ‘the traveller’
on a series of surreal adventures spanning the socially volatile
years between 1965 – 1969. Along the way, we encounter strange
and nefarious characters, drugs, and the social turmoil at epicenter
of the counterculture movement. The central character’s
wry, philosophical observations about his adventures/misadventures
simply, but eloquently underscore the bizarre ambience of the
time.
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