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Terrifying . . . romantic . . . beautifully constructed. Los Angeles Times Superb . . . his best book! St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wambaugh sidesteps all the cliches. The Baltimore Sun"
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"Terrifying . . . romantic . . . beautifully constructed." --Los Angeles Times "Superb . . . his best book!" --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Wambaugh sidesteps all the cliches." --The Baltimore Sun
The son of a policeman, Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937) began his writing career while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. He joined the LAPD in 1960 after three years in the Marine Corps, and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before retiring in 1974. His first novel, The New Centurions (1971), was a quick success, drawing praise for its realistic action and intelligent characterization, and was adapted into a feature film starring George C. Scott. He followed it up with The Blue Knight (1972), which was adapted into a mini-series starring William Holden and Lee Remick.Since then Wambaugh has continued writing about the LAPD. He has been credited with a realistic portrayal of police officers, showing them not as superheroes but as men struggling with a difficult job, a depiction taken mainstream by television s Police Story, which Wambaugh helped create in the mid-1970s. In addition to novels, Wambaugh has written nonfiction, winning a special Edgar Award for 1974 s The Onion Field, an account of the longest criminal trial in California history. His most recent work is the novel Hollywood Moon (2010). "
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- PublisherBantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0440106443
- ISBN 13 9780440106449
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages10
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