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In a Small Town among the citrus groves in the Santa Bernita Valley, so the locals claim, nothing ever goes according to plan. "It's a great place to live, they say, if you like surprises: it's just like life, only different.". Certainly a number of Rito's inhabitants - fewer than a hundred in all - are surprised to be living here. Red Ray, for instance, a wildly alcoholic lawyer who bought a dilapidated Victorian mansion in an attempt to rehabilitate his marriage and regain the affections of his wife and young son. After destroying those hopes with a spectacular final binge, Red established…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 1999Random House Value Publishing · 9780517357422
- Paperback · English · 1998Vintage · 304 pages · 9780679776161
- Other · English · 1997A.A. Knopf · 295 pages · 9780679454373
FictionAlcoholicsCity and town lifeConduct of lifeFiction, general