Blue Blood
Published on 3. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-09-194032-4 (ISBN)
Description
'Superb. The most stunning memoir ever written about the cop world'
Joseph Wambaugh
'Beautiful and inspiring, terrifying and heartbreaking'
James Frey
'More chilling than even the most realistic cop dramas on TV'
People
'A great book...with the testimonial force equal to that of Michael Herr's Dispatches' Time
Blue Blood is the fast-paced, insider story of Edward Conlon's career in the New York Police Department. Conlon tells of his first days as a rookie, walking a beat in the south Bronx through his time in narcotics and his ascent to gold shield detective. Conlon is the product of generations involved in law enforcement, good cops and bad, and he paints a vivid portrait of the teeming street life of the city, in all its horror and splendour. It's all here: adrenaline-fuelled chases, toxic police politics, crackhead informants and police camaraderie. The pace is relentless, the stories hypnotic, the scope nothing less than monumental.
Joseph Wambaugh
'Beautiful and inspiring, terrifying and heartbreaking'
James Frey
'More chilling than even the most realistic cop dramas on TV'
People
'A great book...with the testimonial force equal to that of Michael Herr's Dispatches' Time
Blue Blood is the fast-paced, insider story of Edward Conlon's career in the New York Police Department. Conlon tells of his first days as a rookie, walking a beat in the south Bronx through his time in narcotics and his ascent to gold shield detective. Conlon is the product of generations involved in law enforcement, good cops and bad, and he paints a vivid portrait of the teeming street life of the city, in all its horror and splendour. It's all here: adrenaline-fuelled chases, toxic police politics, crackhead informants and police camaraderie. The pace is relentless, the stories hypnotic, the scope nothing less than monumental.
Reviews / Votes
A high watermark of realism and insider knowledge ... Read this outstanding book * Sunday Times * A dazzling epic of street life ... vibrant and hilarious. Conlon is a cop's cop * Washington Post * Superb. The most stunning memoir ever written about the cop world -- Joseph Wambaugh Beautiful and inspiring, terrifying and heartbreaking -- James Frey More chilling than even the most realistic cop dramas on TV * People * A great book ... with the testimonial force equal to that of Michael Herr's Dispatches * Time *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
393 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-194032-4 (9780091940324)
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Edward Conlon is a detective with the New York City Police Department. A graduate of Regis High School in New York and of Harvard, he has published articles in The New Yorker and he lives and works in the Bronx.