Richard Blanzac, a San Francisco-based rare book dealer, opens a box of consignment items and encounters the unexpected. There, among an assortment of literary rarities, he discovers a manuscript in verse, an Ace Double Novel, and a scattering of very old cigarette butts. These commonplace objects serve as catalysts for an extraordinary-- and unpredictable-- adventure.

San Francisco rare book dealer Richard Blanzac finds himself on a unexpected adventure back to 1957 after he uncovers a consignment box that holds an assortment of literary rarities and commonplace items.,NjBwBT