"[A] bizarre variety of adventures."Los Angeles Times

"A charming accountMr. Gomez, on whom all depends, is a delightful
character-creation."Clifton Fadiman

When Jack and Denny Smith decided to build a vacation dream house in Baja, California,
they had no idea they were entering a phase of their lives "that would capture the fancy of
readers throughout the United States." Through a series of strange and whimsical adventures,
they would find that building a house takes God and Mr. Gomez.

As their house took form first in their imaginations and then on paper, little things went wrong
along the way. The building site had a way of moving slightly each time they visited it, and by
the time the foundation was laid, it had moved to the middle of the road. Gomez got around that
by simply moving the road. Fortunately, Gomez was always on hand to provide the solution,
with the philosophy that all practical problems can be solvedwith a little time and a little
tequila.