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.