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Harbour Nocturne (2012)

by Joseph Wambaugh(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Head of Zeus

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 in love with Lita, a dancer who is not good at her profession. There are the usual crooks, and a sort of delightful drunk who has a favorite dumpster in which to sleep--one time with another dead dancer. There is just enough length to this book that one can get acquainted with all the characters, and yet be ready to say goodbye.
review 2: I just love Wambaugh's Hollywood Cops series, even the corny bits. Highly recommended as audio experiences, especially if you are driving around th... moree same tacky SoCal streets as those he describes, which is the case with me, more or less. There is a great crime policier here, with all the requisite pleasures provided by a master storyteller like Wambaugh---especially setting, detailed police procedure, ethics and morality (or lack thereof), and a lovely cast of nasties. Layered on top like gooey frosting on a standard cake, is the clubhouse of crazies who comprise the central cast of Hollywood Division, including the surfer cops Flotsom and Jetsom, Hollywood Nate (the only copy, certainly the only Jewish cop with a SAG card), the Unicorn, Always Talking Tony, and many others. Wambaugh takes us along on mundane police calls involving domestic violence and, inevitably, trouble amongst the superheroes along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. These are not just comic relief--they often drive the story by providing a key clue. But they ARE comic in an entirely believeable and unforced way - the mantra here ("It's Fucking Hollywood"), like its iconic forebearer ("It's Chinatown, Jake") is a convenient reminder that in some jurisdictions, the volume is permanently turned up to eleven. In this episode, the field of play radiates outward from Hollywood sleaze bars and some scary ethnics (Serbs, Koreans, Russians) to the rarely explored appendage of LA known as San Pedro, home of the city's harbor. I learned a lot about its history and contemporary situation, along with a wonderful group of characters (Croat, Italian, Mexican). Wambaugh is a blast! less

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