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Description for Rizzo´s War
Paperback. A gritty, realistic police procedural debut. Does for Brooklyn's 'Little Italy' what The Wire did for Baltimore Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 116 x 34. Weight in Grams: 363. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Joe Rizzo, a veteran of the NYPD, passes on the knowledge of his years of experience to his ambitious new partner, Mike McQueen, over a year of riding together as detectives in the Sixty-second Precinct in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. His refrain: 'There is no right. There is no wrong. There just is.'
Whatever case they're facing, whether a street robbery or a murderous assault, Rizzo's saying always seems to bear out.
When the two detectives are given the delicate task of tracking down the runaway daughter of a city councilman, who may or may not be more interested in something his daughter has taken with her than in her safety, the situation is much more complex, and potentially much more dangerous, than it first appears.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848875838
SKU
KRF0024445
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Lou Manfredo
Lou Manfredo served in the Brooklyn criminal justice system for twenty-five years. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Brooklyn Noir. This is his first novel. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now lives in New Jersey with his wife.
Reviews for Rizzo´s War
As a depiction of the Byzantine, politicized existence of a working American police department, Rizzo's War stands as a valuable primer.
David Simon, creator of The Wire
As stark and true as David Simon's faultless depiction of the Baltimore PD in The Wire...
Daily Mail
Brooklyn, as the portrayal in Manfredo's excellent debut makes clear, is a different world. Rizzo's War is a police procedural of more than usual intelligence.
The Times
Riveting... dealing with every aspect of American policing from dirty politics to the intricate hierarchy of biker gangs.
Guardian
Rizzo's War is exceptional. Most urban crime novels do not tell it like it is. But this is a bold adventure... a terrific debut and Lou Manfredo is a writer to watch.
Peter Blauner
David Simon, creator of The Wire
As stark and true as David Simon's faultless depiction of the Baltimore PD in The Wire...
Daily Mail
Brooklyn, as the portrayal in Manfredo's excellent debut makes clear, is a different world. Rizzo's War is a police procedural of more than usual intelligence.
The Times
Riveting... dealing with every aspect of American policing from dirty politics to the intricate hierarchy of biker gangs.
Guardian
Rizzo's War is exceptional. Most urban crime novels do not tell it like it is. But this is a bold adventure... a terrific debut and Lou Manfredo is a writer to watch.
Peter Blauner