New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final volume in John Nichols 's New Mexico trilogy (the others are 'The Milagro Beanfield War' and 'The Magic Journey.' From the dustjacket: "The seventies are over. Gone the street radicals, the peace-love communes. Left are the drugs, cults, and therapies that promise instant salvation. And all across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together, shrinking their souls, turinig on and tuning out. They're also growing older. Growing up is a whole other thing. ... Like the other books of the trilogy, this is a visionary novel that blends comedy and tragedy, reality and fantasy, tenderness and bite to illuminate some very troubling truths about America today." 527 pp. ISBN: 0-030592569.