The Blue Knight
A cop's-eye view of police brutality . . . courage and compassion . . . fascinating.-The New York TimesHe's big and brash. His beat is the underbelly of Los Angeles vice-a world of pimps, pushers, winos, whores and killers. He lives each day his way-on the razor's edge of life. He was a damn good cop and LAPD detective. For fifteen years he prowled the streets, solved murders, took his lumps. Now he's the hard hitting, tough talking best selling writer who tells the brutal, true stories of the men who risk their loves every time a siren screams.Wambaugh has captured the excitement, terror, pity, and occasional tedium of police work in a bang…
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- ISBN: 978-0-440-10607-4
- EAN: 9780440106074
- Produktnummer: 19336239
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1973
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H17.7 cm x B10.9 cm x D2.0 cm 185 g
- Gewicht: 185
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Joseph Wambaugh is the hard-hitting bestselling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world. He was a police officer with the LAPD for 14 years before retiring in 1974, during which time he published three bestselling novels. Over the course of his career, Wambaugh has been the author of more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, all written in his gritty, distinctive noir-ish style. He's won multiple Edgar Awards, and several of his books have been made into feature films and TV movies. He lives in California with his wife.
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