It was his first novel since floaters 1996 and his first to depict the officers and detectives of lapd since the delta star 1983. If youre a cop in hollywood division, it also means dealing with the most. Times have sure changed since the 1970s, the setting for some of wambaugh s best earlier works such as the new centurions and the onion field. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hollywood station.
In 2006, wambaugh returned to his first love, fiction, with the release of hollywood station, a novel that explores the seamy underbelly of hollywood through the eyes of two cops working the night shift. The first installment of former lapd sergeant joseph wambaugh s hollywood quartet franchise, hollywood station, is a good, ready, and entertaining read. This is a significant work from a major crimewriter, but a brutally frank book must expect frank criticism. The official website of joseph wambaughs hollywood station novels. The hollywood beat constitutes plenty of drugaddled nuts, panhandlers, erratic, unpredictable rich people and murderous elements of gangs and the russian mafia. Hollywood station series by joseph wambaugh goodreads. George pelecanos joseph wambaugh invented the modern police novel and hollywood station is classic wambaugh. Bestselling author joseph wambaugh grand master of crime and police. In the hollywood station, its deployment time at the hollywood division and a wise old sergeant named oracle is pairing experienced cops with rookies, and then deploying them on the streets to deal with law breakers. Hollywood station series in order joseph wambaugh fictiondb. In 2006, wambaugh returned to fiction with the publication of. Buy hollywood station by joseph wambaugh online at alibris.
Order of hollywood station books hollywood station is a series of police procedural novels by american novelist joseph wambaugh. Joseph wambaughs hollywood station, a novel he wrote in 2006, is fiction. I think i just wanted to interview hundreds more cops. Thats certainly the case with his hollywood series, all based on the l. Theres a saying at hollywood station that the full moon brings out the beast rather than the best in the. Joseph wambaughs first novel in 10 years, hollywood station, proves that he is still a crime fiction master.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Grossly understaffed, the officers of hollywood station find themselves writing bogus field interviews with nonexistent white suspects in minority neighborhoods to avoid allegations of racial profiling. Hollywood hills, wambaughs newest novel, is a cogent reminder that he remains on the beat, and as effective as ever. As a testament to the authors staying power, it was, of course, a major bestseller.
The hollywood station book series by joseph wambaugh includes books hollywood station, hollywood crows, hollywood moon. Bestseller wambaugh s entertaining third hollywood station novel after hollywood crows provides lots of laughs and gasps from all of your favorite characters. In joseph wambaughs new police procedural, cops match wits with crazies known as darth vader and untouchable al. Now in his longawaited return to the lapd, he deploys his. Joseph wambaugh made his fiction debut in 1970 with the novel the new centurions. Theres a saying at hollywood station that the full moon brings out the beastrather than the bestin the precincts citizens. 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. I also loved the little phrases he dropped into the book to help point out the contrast between the tinsel town of audience dreams and the reality of today such as where he mentioned leaving the reel hollywood for the real hollywood. Hollywood station by joseph wambaugh little, brown and company. It was his first novel since floaters 1996 and his first to depict the. He joined the lapd in 1960 after three years in the marine corps, and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before ret. In 2004, he was named grand master by the mystery writers of america. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
See the complete hollywood station series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Joseph wambaugh describes his novels as character driven. The legendary hollywood hills are home to wealth, fame, and powerpassing through the neighborhood, back in the day i used to read all of joseph wambaughs novels. Nathan hollywood nate weiss is an aspiring actor and police officer with the lapd. People who live near the area that wambaugh writes about probably appreciate the veracity of his writing because they can visit it. Written by joseph wambaugh, audiobook narrated by adam grupper. Harbor nocturne the 5th in the hollywood station series amazon. Joseph wambaugh books list of books by author joseph.
It was the fifth of his hollywood station novels, full of the bawdy insider cop talk that first made him famous and populated with memorably quirky characters like the badgewearing surfers flotsam. Joseph wambaugh literally invented this kind of novelthe daily lives of lapd policeon patrol in the streets as well as in their personal lives, through use of anecdotes, situations and quips. Hollywood station was highly critical of conditions caused by the. Buy a cheap copy of hollywood station book by joseph wambaugh. Wambaugh considers making a book series featuring the hollywood station. Hollywood station series in 2006, wambaugh returned to fiction with the publication of hollywood station, set in the summer of 2006. Hollywood station, by joseph wambaugh the independent. The hollywood trilogy has become the hollywood quartet. The hollywood station is the first novel of the hollywood series by joseph wambaugh. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The complete series list for hollywood station joseph wambaugh.