A taut and witty atmospheric thriller and well-observed exploration of San Francisco café life in the 1980s with the enduring refugees of May 68. ORIGINAL PUBLISHED BY Gollancz in 1988 . From the author of A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF COFFEE AND CAFÉS. SHORTLISTED FOR THE PLUTO PRIZE for best new crime fiction From the author of The Joseph Radkin Investigations Series and A People's History of Coffee and Cafés "A sharply compulsive narrative..." Oxford Times "Engaging scenes of Bay Area low life..." Sunday Times, London