Books by Joseph Wambaugh
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review 1: I like Wambaugh, not deep literature but a guilty pleasure. It had been a couple of decades since my last read of his work, so I read two in a row, this being the second. It's kind of like candy corn, I can eat it forever but reach a point of diminishing returns after a while...
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review 1: How refreshing to find a Joseph Wambaugh title offered on nook! I have read a number of his other ones, and feel that this is a more agreeable book. After reading this, you might wonder why anyone would want to live in this area with all its crime. Dinko, a longshoreman, falls...
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review 1: Ok--I'm going to be in the minority and I'm ok with that. Lots of things I liked about this novel: knowing Southern California references (In N Out, SAG card) , the surfer cops flotsam and jetsam, the familiarity with LAPD police procedure. What made me decide not to finish it: l...
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review 1: Classic Waumbaugh --- dark humor, behind-the-badge insight, and interesting characters doing their part to "protect and to serve" (or "to maim and be greedy" if of the criminal element). Like watching an old episode of "Adam-12", also set int the L.A. area, but with profanity, vi...