What is the setting of Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors by Christopher Moore?

The setting of Moore's novel is a small town on the coast of California called Pine Cove, and the town itself seems to become a character in the novel. During several parts of the novel, the author gives the story, not of what is happening to one particular character, but of what is happening simultaneously to all, or many, of the inhabitants of the town. This gives a sense of the town not only as a place but also as a web of connected lives. The people make up the town and the setting for the story.