Views from the Oldest House — Richard Grant

As the sinister Chief Administrator attempts to forcibly resettle a ``post-Dissolution'' America, a young student named Turner Ashenden stumbles upon the inhabitants of the enigmatic Bad Winters Institute of Science and Philosophy and throws a psychic monkey wrench into the plans of the forces of law and order. The borders of reality and fantasy collide in this kaleidoscopic foray into magical realism by the author of Rumors of Spring (LJ 2/15/87). Highly recommended.