Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle

Tom Tibbets takes a job at a small weekly newspaper in Portage, New Hampshire, and an condominium within the outdated Cooper Constructing, the place the residents type a kaleidoscope sample of the odd, the fascinating, and even the insane. One neighbor believes that we descend from aliens, one other is a pothead-philosopher, and there’s a pair of brothers who play with unlawful explosives for enjoyable. A vegan pacifist lives there, together with a few nomadic born-again Christians, a schizophrenic unicycle rider, and a mysterious sensible man.At first, Tom looks like he’s the one “regular” particular person residing within the constructing. Nevertheless, he quickly believes that the very individuals he at first thought-about unstable and unusual have turn out to be a lens by which he will get a brand new take a look at himself and the whole lot else.When one thing occurs that leaves the tenant neighborhood feeling modified and off-balance, Tom involves surprise if one way or the other his added karmic weight has thrown off the weird status-quo, energetic equilibrium of the place. Ultimately, Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle is the story of non-public development from a state of delusion to examination to consciousness of what’s really necessary in life.