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Synopsis
The time is1996. Our narrator, Coddy, a policeman, is underpaid, sleep-deprived, and overweight. Coddys partner, Bellamy, is homeless, living out of their shared squad car, littering the back seat with his dirty underwear and empty cigarette packs. Free Box and Barbie are squatters who rob Rainbow Health Foods at gunpoint for something to eat. From the junkies openly shooting up on stoops to the homeless men with their fleets of shopping carts piled high with garbage, Peter Plates Mission District is a catechism in destruction,"" one that doesnt end until someone is apprehended for an unsolved crime. A story about inner-city, west coast gentrification at the end of the 20th century.
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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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- PublisherReadhowyouwant
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1459600959
- ISBN 13 9781459600959
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages252
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