"Dancer Dawkins views life best from behind a pile of hotcakes. But her lover, Jessica Riggins, has fallen into the clutches of Fatin Satin Aspen, the insidious leader of Viola Vincente's Venerable Brigade. Something has to be done. Meanwhile, Little Willie Guthrie of Bangor, Maine, renames himself the California Kid, stocks up on Rubbles Dubble bubble gum and her father's best Havana cigars and heads west. When this crew collides in San Francisco, what can be expected? Just about anything..." --Back cover