The Black Marble By Joseph Wambaugh

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The black marble by joseph wambaugh.

Leisure suit junkies and old pasadena run amuck in this fun romp as a would be master mind picks the black marble again and again. He joined the lapd in 1960 after three years in the marine corps and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before retiring in 1974. Joseph wambaugh a former lapd detective sergeant is the bestselling author of seventeen prior works of fiction and nonfiction including the choirboys and the onion field. The son of a policeman joseph wambaugh b.

The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for the black marble by joseph wambaugh 1998 trade paperback at the best online prices at ebay. The black marble by wambaugh joseph and a great selection of similar new used and collectible books available now at great prices 5 k. In 2004 he was named grand master by the mystery writers of america.

The black marble that s what losers like val and philo always wind up with should hive been better than it is. Every now and again i download one of his older books on kindle and the black marble is one of his best. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. This is only the second book i have read by this author as i always assumed his books would be quite gory not sure where i got that idea from but in actual fact they are laugh out loud funny.

The central characters are two police officers a woman who owns a champion dog and a guy who runs a kennel. The police station running gags are too running to be real the black comic touches like a pet funeral prove again that wambaugh ain t waugh and andrushka and natasha deserve better than a pure musical comedy ending. The marble has streaks of white that look like lightning bolts in a black sky. I find the antics of the latter two very funny.

Wambaugh wrote true for the time with plenty of true to life laughs. 1937 began his writing career while a member of the los angeles police department. He lives in southern california. It is a near perfect crime novel.

The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.