Police and Thieves: A Novel

by Peter Plate

The narrator of Police and Thieves, Doojie, is a small-time dealer who lives in a garage behind a laundromat with his two partners in crime. They sell dope of questionable quality at reasonable prices. But when one night Doojie sees a renegade cop shoot an unarmed Mexican, he knows that things are about to change. Soon he and his buddies are running for their lives. Fast, ferocious, gritty, and bleak, Police and Thieves is contemporary noir at its best, and one of the most ambitious entries in the Peter Plate canon.

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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.

Reviews

[James Wiseman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the trials and tribulations of theses west coast drug dealers. I thought it moved at a steady pace and didn’t rush through the ending. I think it was missing a little bit of finality as you went through the main character’s description of his last minutes before his presumed death. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable novel.

[Patti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read since Peter was a junior high school pal of mine back in the day. Keep it going, Pete!