This novel is the second installment of the Greenwich Village Shared World Trilogy, with Chester Anderson writing the first book (The Butterfly Kid) and the third volume (The Probability Pad) written by T.A.

Michael is watching Chester's band performing in San Francisco in the 1960s, where he meets the girl of his dreams, Sylvia.

Sylvia asks Chester to play "Barkus is Willing" while she calls Adolphus because he is fond of woodwind music.

They decide to follow the yellow brick road, where Chester notices the deliberate order of the nature around them and realizes that they're in a garden.

They reach a town called West Mutton and Robin and his aunt offer them a place to stay at the suite they reserved.

In this world, they get stuck with an army troop that demands that Michael and Chester leave Sylvia and Dorothy behind, or else they'll kill them.

The New England government is suspicious of all the travelers coming to their area and want to learn more about it, so the group decides to meet with them so they can trade information.

New England is experiencing an exponential increase of visitors from other worlds and the government is worried that an ending is coming.

Reality begins to break apart and Sylvia yells for her and Chester to hold hands, but they don't make it in time.

[2] This book was published in 1969 after Kurland met Chester Anderson, who wrote The Butterfly Kid, the first novel in the Greenwich Village Trilogy.

[3] Anderson was a poet in the Greenwich Village; Kurland had recently returned from traveling with the United States Army in Europe.

Kurland was influenced by his group of friends, all of whom bore unusual names, such as Bob "The Pope" Silverberg and Willy "The Professor" Ley.

[2] Anderson subsequently wrote The Butterfly Kid, basing the hero and sidekick on himself and Kurland and telling the story from the perspective of the character Chester.

[2] James Nicoll reviewed the book, stating that it was "exactly the cheerful light comedy it set out to be" and noting that "Somewhat atypically for the time, the two women in the group—Sylvia and Dorothy—manage to kick serious ass.