Dirty In Cashmere: A Novel

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Set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco in the wake of a nuclear disaster, Dirty in Cashmere follows Ricky Bellamy who suffers visions after having been shot in the head by a vigilante. Contamination has spread across the state of California, and criminals fight for an experimental vaccine called Life. As Ricky squats in abandoned houses, having branded himself an oracle who can see the future, he finds his skills are called upon by more powerful forces and he must strive to predict is the city's future - the mirror of his own destiny.

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With little fanfare or support, against the real life backdrop of police sweeps of the homeless and the start of the dot-com boom, Plate has produced a shelf of books that represent a lonely, yet noble and deeply radical literary effort to write noir crime fiction in which the criminals, not the cops, are the protagonists. Taken as a whole, they offer a compelling and defiant portrait of the psychic toll the disappearance of loved people, places, and opportunity from the city has taken on those left behind. San Francisco Bay Guardian

I found a certain sweetness to the telling of Peter Plate's walk on the San Francisco wild side. Alan Cheuse,All Things Considered

Through vivid detailing of both his characters and the city of San Francisco, Plate brings conflict to life with skillful precision and undeniable poignancy.Rain Taxi

Plate creates a poetry of the street.The Willamette Week

Author Bio

PETER PLATEtaught himself to write fiction while squatting in abandoned buildings. He is the author of many books, including his eight neo-noir "psychic histories" of San Francisco.