... good at it. I backed up Blackie, went out Via Barona to Xana, Xana to Unicornio, Unicornio to Alga, right on Alga—as soon as you turned on Alga you saw the great blue expanse of the ocean—and ... more than picaresque farce, more than diary of failed love, more than tour of pro tennis, more than morality play It's a window on a man's soul. And, for all his myriad faults, Charles ... kids playing around and the beat up cars parked in the courtyard, past an apartment house where there was an art store and a big courtyard with a tree with a nice green umbrella of green leaves...