One Foot Off the Gutter: A Novel - Couverture souple

Plate, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1583222596 ISBN 13 : 9781583222591

Editeur : Seven Stories Press, 2001

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The time is 1996. Our narrator, Coddy, a policeman, is underpaid, sleep-deprived, and overweight. Coddy’s 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 Plate’s Mission District is "a catechism in destruction," one that doesn’t end until someone is apprehended for an unsolved crime. A story about inner-city, west coast gentrification at the end of the 20th century.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The time is the late 1980s. A police officer has been gunned down. Our narrator, Coddy, a policeman, is underpaid, sleep-deprived and overweight. Coddy's partner, Bellamy, lives 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, Plate's Mission District is 'a catechism in destruction'.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Seven Stories Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1583222596
• ISBN 13: 9781583222591
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232