![]() ![]() The couples hit it off, and a transformative friendship is formed. Their names are Ruskin and Sybil Marsh, and Charles takes the time to invite them over for a drink in their first night in the neighborhood. ![]() Things change when new neighbors move in next door. He works for a defense contractor and lives a dull suburban life with his wife. Our narrator is Charles Ripley, a typical suburbanite in Chula Vista, California - right near San Diego, three-miles from the Mexican border. The short novel has recently found new life as a reprint from Valancourt Books. Higgs is a Southern California writer who has only published three novels in his career, including The Happy Man, a 1985 Paperjacks release with an unlikely cult following. ![]()
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