Blue Blood - Couverture rigide

Conlon, Edward

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1573222666 ISBN 13 : 9781573222662

Editeur : Riverhead Books, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Conlon Edward

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"A great book... with the testimonial force equal to that of Michael Herr's Dispatches."—Time

Edward Conlon's Blue Blood is an ambitious and extraordinary work of nonfiction about what it means to protect, to serve, and to defend among the ranks of New York's finest. Told by a fourth generation NYPD, this is an anecdotal history of New York as experienced through its police force, and depicts a portrait of the teeming street life of the city in all its horror and splendor. It is a story about police politics, fathers and sons, partners who become brothers, old ghosts and undying legacies.  Conlon joined the NYPD during the Giuliani administration, when New York City saw its crime rate plummet but also witnessed events that would alter the city, its inhabitants, and its police force forever: polarizing racial cases, the proliferation of the drug trade, and the events of September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Conlon captures the detail of the landscape, the ironies and rhythms of natural speech, the tragic and the marvelous, firsthand, day after day. A New York Times Notable Book and Finalist for The National Book Criticics Circle Award for Nonfiction.

Présentation de l'éditeur

'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 NYPD. Conlon can really write, but is a cop's cop through and through (the fourth generation of NYPD cop in his family). The book is part memoir, part action, set in the Bronx starting in the mid-1990s. We follow Conlon's rise within the force, from rookie beat cop through a stint in the narcotics division to finally achieving gold-shield detective status as he is today, but he also manages to portray a fascinating social history of the Bronx over the last twenty years and a history of the NYPD and its often violent evolution. The writing is gripping, with stories of shoot-outs and drug dealers interspersed with domestic disputes and runaways.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Riverhead Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1573222666
• ISBN 13: 9781573222662
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512