{"product_id":"night-of-the-short-eyes-9781644213148","title":"Night of the Short Eyes","description":"\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco is on the verge of collapse in this gritty, grimy noir set in a near-future that gets closer every second. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalifornia 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the middle of it all, the nearly thirteen-year-old narrator in \u003ci\u003eNight of the Short Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this world of worsening climate disasters, and set against the backdrop of a cold war that never ended, \u003ci\u003eNight of the Short Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER PLATE\u003c\/b\u003e taught himself to write fiction while squatting in abandoned buildings. He is the author of many books, including the novels \u003ci\u003ePolice and Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAngels of Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElegy Written on a Crowded Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoon the Rest Will Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDirty in Cashmere\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Seven Stories Press. In 2004 Plate was named a Literary Laureate of San Francisco, where he lives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454103130386,"sku":"9781644213148","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2bd83f75-e811-4a8c-b6e8-658201161a74.jpg?v=1729861634","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/night-of-the-short-eyes-9781644213148","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}