Hollywood Station

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THE GRAND MASTER OFTHE POLICE STORY RETURNS TO THE ONE AND ONLY LAPD IN A GRIPPING NEW NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST SENSATIONAL POLICE FORCE.
For a cop, a night on the job means killing
time and trying not to get killed. If you're a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with the most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you're patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputation nor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, or your life when things heat up.
The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store, complete with masks and a hand grenade, quickly connects to a Russian nightclub, an undercover operation gone bloodily wrong, and a cluelessly ambitious pair of tweakers. Putting the pieces together are the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of street cops. There's Budgie Polk, a twenty-something firecracker with a four-month-old at home, and Wesley Drubb, a rich boy who joined the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE GRAND MASTER OFTHE POLICE STORY RETURNS TO THE ONE AND ONLY LAPD IN A GRIPPING NEW NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST SENSATIONAL POLICE FORCE.
For a cop, a night on the job means killing
time and trying not to get killed. If you're a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with the most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you're patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputation nor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, or your life when things heat up.
The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store, complete with masks and a hand grenade, quickly connects to a Russian nightclub, an undercover operation gone bloodily wrong, and a cluelessly ambitious pair of tweakers. Putting the pieces together are the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of street cops. There's Budgie Polk, a twenty-something firecracker with a four-month-old at home, and Wesley Drubb, a rich boy who joined the force seeking thrills. Fausto Gamboa is the tetchy veteran, and Hollywood Nate is the one who never shuts up about movies. They spend their days in patrol cars and their nights in the underbelly of a city that never sleeps. From their headquarters at Hollywood Station, they see the glamour city for what it iS: a field of land mines, where the mundane is dangerous and the dangerous is mundane.
In his long-awaited return to the Los Angeles Police Department, Joseph Wambaugh deploys his bone-deep understanding of cops' lives — and his lethal sense of humor — on a raucous ride through the streets of Hollywood, where no one is safe from the gritty city. Especially not the cops.

JOSEPH WAMBAUGH, a former LAPD detective sergeant, is the bestselling author of sixteen prior works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Choirboys and The Onion Field. In 2004, he was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Southern California.
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"I HAVE BEEN WAITING . LONG TIME FOR th._
BOOK, AND TWn WORTH EVERY .v,.
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Hollywood station sets the standard once again. A story co"s worKing the street at the same time the streets are working the cops, it's full of ?he humor, and truth that make it impossible to put down." —michael ci
"Joseph Wambaugh invented the modern police novel, and Hollywood Station i: classic Wambaugh: brilliant characterization, impeccable plotting, stunning S6 iSt of place, and that special brand of irreverent, mordant humor for which Wamba jih holds the patent. This is the master at his best." —Jonathan kellerkan
"At long last a new novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Bravo."
—ray bra55:
"Hollywood.Station is a killer Joseph Wambaugh set the standard with The Choirboys and The New Centurions, and now'he does so again. No other writer illuminates the heart beneath the badge better or more honestly than Joseph Wambaugh. Holl^ood Station will make you laugh, cry, and keep turning pages. The master is back!"
; —robert crais
"Oddball characters, quirky dialogue, and nimble plotting. Wambaugh is still tim uest in the business!" -tKathy reichs
"Joseph Wambaugh's many admirers will relish every wry and true-to-life scene of
Hollywood Station, the latest entry in what will certainly be a lasting body of work. ^ |
Welcome b^ck, Mr Wambaugh, and thanks for showing us, once again, how it's done." ^
—george pelecanos i Vissza