“I wanted to do another kind of thriller but totally different, not one that’s just a standard detective story but one that involves all kinds of stuff, whether it’s the region, the area, the culture, the counterculture, art, music, drugs,” he said. Thus, “Peace, Love & Haight” was born, telling the story of a San Francisco art gallery owner who accidentally gets rid of the city’s most notorious drug dealer and finds himself living a double life as an informant, assisting cops and becoming a target of the mafia. The book is set in the tumultuous year of 1969, where lingering moments of countercultural optimism and American idealism were still reflected in events like Woodstock and the moon landing, but came in conflict with the still ongoing Vietnam War, Manson Family murders and the violence that marred the Altamont Speedway Free Festival.
Author: Nick Sestanovich
Published at: 2026-01-06 23:48:32
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