Publisher's Synopsis
Juneau Rigging, a young man of modest journalistic ambition living a quiet bachelor life, has a chance meeting that leads to a job almost too good to be true. He is hired to document the activities of a wealthy entrepreneur, Chester Turmoil.Juneau's job is to develop a written and photographic record of an Estate Chester plans in a remote Northern California Valley. Turmoil later requests Juneau also document Chester's campaign for a Congress. Surprised to hear Turmoil is politically active Juneau begins investigating other threads forming the tapestry of Turmoil's life of independent wealth. His search produces a steady stream of stories about odd conflicts that arose out of Turmoil's uncompromising idealism. As the Estate construction proceeds Juneau realizes that he and Turmoil are both attracted to Sazi, the sunny but businesslike young female architect Chester hired to design the estate. Once construction begins it becomes apparent Roy, a chatty free spirit hired as General Contractor, finds Sazi much more interesting than the job. Animosity grows between Chester and Roy rooted in jealousy, personality differences, and conflicts over Roy's job performance.When Roy's estranged wife shows up at the job site the animosity between Turmoil and Roy erupts into a violent confrontation that evolves into Turmoil's apparent death. Subsequent odd, comic, touching and tragic events play out across Northern California, making Chester the unwitting architect of future of both Juneau and Sazi.
