Lines and Shadows
by Joseph Wambaugh
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This is the true story of a squad of San Diego cops, posing as undocumented immigrants, whose mission is to police the no-man's-land by the international border where men, women, and children cross in the dead of night only to fall prey to ruthless Mexican bandits waiting to rape, rob, and murder them. The Chicago Sun-Times described it as "a saga of courage, craziness, brutality and humor comparable to The Onion Field for storytelling and revelatory power." Newsday said, "splendidan utterly show more fascinating true-crime story.". show less
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story of a immigration task force established by the San Diego PD .
It is non-fiction, and an incredible story. And it so makes you want to solve the immigration problem.
It also gets into team relationships, and the role of politics in police tactical decisions.
It is non-fiction, and an incredible story. And it so makes you want to solve the immigration problem.
It also gets into team relationships, and the role of politics in police tactical decisions.
Biff! Bang! Thud! Kerwhop! Booom!! Booom!! Booom!!! Bop! Bop! Bop! Bop! and BLAMMM0! Run for it, boys! We're all out o' reefer!
Mr. Wambaugh was never better. San Diego cops battle dope smugglers along the Mexican border. President Trump would love this one. He could use it as a better excuse to build his border wall. It's too bad he doesn't know anyone who could read it to him.
Mr. Wambaugh was never better. San Diego cops battle dope smugglers along the Mexican border. President Trump would love this one. He could use it as a better excuse to build his border wall. It's too bad he doesn't know anyone who could read it to him.
Watching a Nat Geo Wild show about undercover police work in Laredo, TX reminded of this book. The team of innovative, danger-seeking police on "bandit patrol" dressed as "pollos" (illegal immigrants) and when interacting with "coyotes" or other borderland ne'er-do-wells would yell "barf" before they whipped out guns to "interdict". Of course, this was very dangerous and eventually proved too dangerous to continue. I thank Wambaugh for putting the tales of the exploits to paper.
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Underbar berättelse och väldigt bra skrivet av Wambaugh. Spännande, intressant och lagom nivå på språket. Klockren bok som kommer att läggas på att-läsa-om-högen.
Feb 2, 2022Swedish
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Writer Joseph Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1937. He joined the Marines right out of high school, but later earned both a B. A. and M. A. from California State College in Los Angeles. He worked for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1960 to 1974. His first novel was The New Centurions (1971) and several show more subsequent novels have been award winners. The Onion Field won an Edgar Award (1984), and Lines and Shadows won the Rodolfo Walsh Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers (1989). He has worked creatively on several film and television projects, including Police Story, The Black Marble, The Choirboys and The Blue Knight. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Lines and Shadows
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- San Diego, California, USA
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- 363.2 — Social sciences Social problems and social services Other social problems and services Police services
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- HV8148 .S32 .W35 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Police. Detectves. Constabulary By region or country
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