Word: wambaugh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Serpico, the latest entry; will probably do as well. There are more to come, including a new book in September by Joseph Wambaugh, the Los Angeles police sergeant who started the current cop craze with his novels The New Centurions and The Blue Knight. Like all good young trends, the police book has moved east from the West Coast. All three of the newest books involve the New York City police department...
...tired of sitting around my big expensive living room. My new Cadillac bored me. And I didn't know what the hell was right or wrong." Joseph Wambaugh, 36, the author of The New Centurions and The Blue Knight, is back on the beat as a detective with the Los Angeles police department after a six-month absence. Wambaugh's bestsellers about policemen have earned him more money than he wants to say, certainly more than his 13-year cop career. He still plans to write on his off-hours, but mainly, he says, "I want to stay...
...Word, Wallace ( 1 last week) 2-The Winds of War, Woulc (3) 3-Captains and the Kings, Caldwell (2) 4- The Terminal Man, Crichton (6) 5- My Name Is Asher Lev, Potok (4) 6- The Exorcist, Blatty (5) 7-The Blue Knight, Wambaugh (9) 8-1 1 Harrowhouse, Browne (7) 9- The Assassins, Kazan (1O) 10- The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Higgi...
...Captains and the Kings, Caldwell (2) 3-The Winds of War, Wouk (4) 4-My Name Is Asher Lev, Potok (3) 5-The Exorcist, Blatty (5) 6-The Terminal Man, Crichfon (8) 7-11 Harrowhouse, Browne (7) 8-The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Higgins (10) 9-The Blue Knight, Wambaugh (6) 10-The Assassins, Kazan...
...Blue Knight, Wambaugh...