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The Silver Cloud Cafe by Alfredo Vea Jr.

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Street, down Seventeenth, and even down Shotwell on hundreds of occasions, investigating scores of cases. He conjured up a mental picture of the area as he waited at a stoplight--the  Rite Spot restaurant was there, a transmission repair shop, and an empty field surrounded by Cyclone fencing. How could he miss seeing something that Teodoro had insisted would be irresistible?"  And so begins Veas Silver Cloud Caf?, a place that once you stop and visit, you too will find to be irresistible. Setting Neon light - San Francisco -  action. Does it get much better than this -well -maybe. Two neon light angels blink over a down and out adobe that squats on the Mission District cement,  like Mother Hubbard hiding her children under her skirt. The cantinas name appears longer than the building is tall: Raphaels Silver Cloud Caf?. " It was a  two-sided neon sign, a brilliant, flashing display that could be seen from miles away. Twin Rubenesque cherubim were painted onto a metal form that had the dull-speckled, titian buff of  a faded tapestry. Both had the burning red hair of a pre-Raphaelite painting. Pink, crimson, and yellow neon tubes and lightbulbs were set off from the daubed metal surface  by brackets and flashed brightly to mimic the image in paint" (7). Characters Its characters include a Chicano lawyer and a Jewish investigator who have seen too much and believe  too little; a Mexican priest torn by twin lusts for sex and vengeance; a black ex-boxer who is down but not out; a bar owner with a sense of divine  mission; and a host of other unforgettable men and women who join in a superbly orchestrated symphony of voices and visions. Plot The Fourth Street Bridge is a real bridge