by JosephWambaugh (Author)
Bumper Morgan is a cop, a patrolman with twenty years' service under his belt and retirement is looming ominously close. His outlook is old-fashioned: he believes in justice - even when it doesn't conform to the letter of the law. If a judicious bit of violence will give him what he needs to solve a crime, so be it. That's the way the game's played. And it usually works. Until the prospect of retirement clouds his judgement and Bumper finds himself starting to make mistakes. The kind of mistakes that kill people.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: First printing of this edition
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 04 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 1847243398
ISBN 13: 9781847243393
Abounds in vivid vignettes of police life and the Los Angeles streets...the portrait of Bumper has force and authenticity -
New York Times Book Review