The Blue Knight

He'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.

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The Blue Knight

He'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.

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The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

by Joseph Wambaugh
The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

by Joseph Wambaugh

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Overview

He'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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780440106074
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/28/1973
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 316
Sales rank: 218,584
Product dimensions: 4.19(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

About The Author

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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