The Black Marble Joseph Wambaugh

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The black marble joseph wambaugh.

Joseph wambaugh a former lapd detective sergeant is the bestselling author of seventeen 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. The police station running gags are too running to be real the black comic touches like a pet funeral prove again that wambaugh ain t waugh and andrushka and natasha deserve better than a pure musical comedy ending. 1937 began his writing career while a member of the los angeles police department.

Wambaugh is simply the best at writing about the wacked out criminals and bizarrely motivated victims that cops meet. Flag 1 like like see review. He joined the lapd in 1960 after three years in the marine corps and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before retiring in 1974. The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton.

As an ex deputy sheriff i can authoritatively state that no one is better than wambaugh at capturing the essential absurdity of the police experience. Joseph wambaugh is the hard hitting bestselling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world. It is a near perfect crime novel. The characters are so deep and true the humour is totally human the situations are tense desperate and awful but that sick sense of humour of wambaugh s works so well.

The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph. Not to mention some of the strange characters carrying a badge. The black marble that s what losers like val and philo always wind up with should hive been better than it is. Free shipping on qualifying offers.

He lives in southern california. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. He was a police officer with the lapd for 14 years before retiring in 1974 during which time he published three bestselling novels. Wambaugh is simply the best at writing about the wacked out criminals and bizarrely motivated victims that cops meet.