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Hollywood Crows
Joseph Wambaugh
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Description for Hollywood Crows
Paperback. Wambaugh returns to the beat he knows best, taking readers on a tightly plotted and darkly funny ride through Los Angeles's epicentre with a cast of flawed cops and eccentric lowlifes they won't soon forget. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 252.
The cops of Hollywood Station are still over-worked, under-staffed, bound by red tape, hobbled by political correctness, and constantly amazed by what the boulevards can throw at them. Scratch the surface of the 'reel' Hollywood and you'll discover the 'real' Hollywood. Here, Mickey Mouse is a crack addict, Marilyn Monroe is a man and when the moon is full, the neighbourhood gets even weirder. When the legendary Oracle is replaced by Sgt. Jason 'Chickenlips' Treakle - a politically correct, paper shuffling putz with a shiny shoe fetish - Nate 'Hollywood' Weiss leaves the mid-watch to become a Crow, or Community ... Read more
The cops of Hollywood Station are still over-worked, under-staffed, bound by red tape, hobbled by political correctness, and constantly amazed by what the boulevards can throw at them. Scratch the surface of the 'reel' Hollywood and you'll discover the 'real' Hollywood. Here, Mickey Mouse is a crack addict, Marilyn Monroe is a man and when the moon is full, the neighbourhood gets even weirder. When the legendary Oracle is replaced by Sgt. Jason 'Chickenlips' Treakle - a politically correct, paper shuffling putz with a shiny shoe fetish - Nate 'Hollywood' Weiss leaves the mid-watch to become a Crow, or Community ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847245922
SKU
V9781847245922
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About Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh served with the LAPD for fourteen years, beginning to write during his last three. His first novel, The New Centurions, was published in 1971 to critical acclaim and popular success. He followed this with a series of highly acclaimed novels including The Blue Knight, The Choirboys, The Black Marble and non-fiction titles such as The Onion Field. He ... Read more
Reviews for Hollywood Crows
'Hilarious' Evening Standard.
Evening Standard
'Personalities and dialogue are utterly convincing. No-one does this kind of book better' Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday Telegraph
'Slick, stylish ... a hoot' Daily Mirror.
Daily Mirror
'Wambaugh's back and better than ever' Independent on Sunday.
Independent on Sunday
Evening Standard
'Personalities and dialogue are utterly convincing. No-one does this kind of book better' Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday Telegraph
'Slick, stylish ... a hoot' Daily Mirror.
Daily Mirror
'Wambaugh's back and better than ever' Independent on Sunday.
Independent on Sunday