Blue Blood
Author: Conlon, Edward
ISBN: 9780091940324
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 May 2011
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback / softback
A gripping insider account of life in the NYPD - perfect for fans of The Wire
'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.
ISBN: 9780091940324
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 May 2011
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback / softback
A gripping insider account of life in the NYPD - perfect for fans of The Wire
'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.
