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Synopsis
Ricky Durrutti is a small-time crook with a short biography and a long rap sheet. He has lived long enough to make a lot of mistakes but not long enough to fix any of them. As the novel opens, a policeman is gunned down in San Franciscos Mission District, and the weapon is traced back to Durrutti. Unless he can find Jimmy Ramirez, the guy he gave the gun to, and figure out who the real killer is, Durrutti is a dead man. From drag queens to Jewish gangsters, Salvadoran gangs to heroin addicts, everyone seems interested in making sense of the murder.
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About the Author
Named a Literary Laureate of San Francisco in 2004, PETER PLATE taught himself to write fiction during eight years spent squatting in abandoned buildings. He is the author of many novels, beginning with Black Wheel of Anger (1990) and continuing through his seven neo-noir "psychic histories" of San Francisco, where he still lives and writes today.
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When a policeman is shot on a crowded street in San Francisco, Ricky Durrutti, a petty criminal, is called into the station for questioning. To shake the police's unwarranted suspicion, Ricky starts his own investigation into the murder. Among the drug addicts, warring Hispanic street gangs, and friendly--or otherwise--fellow criminals, he discovers a big cover-up as he investigates. This novel is more than a simple murder mystery. As Ricky tries to track down several leads, he gets caught up with spurned romance from his past and has to deal with all those emotions again--as unpleasant as they were to live through the first time. Ricky is a likable, if somewhat misguided, character, and readers will find themselves rooting for him despite his many shortcomings. Ellie Barta-Moran
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- PublisherReadHowYouWant
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1458784428
- ISBN 13 9781458784421
- BindingPerfect Paperback
- Number of pages270
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