Ragle Gumm has a exclusive job: each day he wins a newspapers contest. So when he isn’t talking to his charts and furniture, he enjoys his existence in a small city in 1959. At least, that’s what he believes. But then unusual things start taking place. He finds a phone reserve where all the numbers have been disconnected, and a journal article about a famous starlet called Marilyn Monroe, whom he’s under no circumstances heard of. Plus, everyday items are starting to disappear and so are changed by strips of paper with phrases written on them, like “plate of flowers” and “soft-drink stand.” When Ragle skips city to try to find the cause of these bizarre occurrences, his finding could make him query everything he provides ever known.