Night of the Short Eyes

Peter Plate

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
27 June 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

San Francisco is on the verge of collapse in this gritty, grimy noir set in a near-future that gets closer every second.

Former San Francisco Literary Laureate Peter Plate who taught himself to write fiction during eight years squatting in abandoned buildings, delivers a fast-paced dystopian and speculative novel - the latest in a hardboiled writing career that spans the era of out-of-control gentrification in the Bay Area.

San Francisco is on the verge of collapse in this gritty, grimy noir set in a near-future that gets closer every second.

Former San Francisco Literary Laureate Peter Plate who taught himself towrite fiction during eight years squatting in abandoned buildings, delivers a fast-paced dystopian and speculative novel - the latest in ahardboiled writing career that spans the era of out-of-controlgentrification in the Bay Area.

California is on fire. Everyone has the virus. Sinister patrols of SWAT teams seem to materialize out of thin air, and if you're not careful, you'll end up exiled down in Bakersfield.

In the middle of it all, the nearly thirteen-year-old narrator in Night of the Short Eyes must take care of his mess of a family-Dad is in jail for stealing guns with his partner, Ronnie, and Mom is shacking up with the social worker assigned to the family's case-and he only has one thing to his advantage- he speaks perfect English. Refugees from Russia stream into San Francisco as our narrator approaches his next birthday. His younger brother (nicknamed Putin, ""on account of his broken English and heavy accent."") seems determined to make trouble if he cannot find it himself, which shouldn't be hard when even crossing the street is a walk on the dangerous side.

In this world of worsening climate disasters, and set against the backdrop of a cold war that never ended, Night of the Short Eyes, the new book from Peter Plate may be his most outrageous novel yet. Written with lyrical grace and propulsive momentum, Plate's latest vision of California is so warped that it just might come to pass.

By: Peter Plate
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781644213148
ISBN 10: 1644213141
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PETER PLATE taught himself to write fiction while squatting in abandoned buildings. He is the author of many books, including the novels Police and Thieves, Angels of Catastrophe, Elegy Written on a Crowded Street, Soon the Rest Will Fall, and Dirty in Cashmere, all published by Seven Stories Press. In 2004 Plate was named a Literary Laureate of San Francisco, where he lives.

Reviews for Night of the Short Eyes

"""A spectacular glimpse into the underbelly of San Francisco. Peter Plate writes with passion and grit about the death of the American city and its lost dream of paradise."" —Jerome Charyn, author of Big Red"

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