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Blue Blood by Edward Conlon
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.
Edward Conlon is a detective with the New York City Police Department. A graduate of Harvard, he has published articles in The New Yorker and Harper's and his work has been included in The Best American Essays. He is the author of a memoir, Blue Blood, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a New York Times Notable Book, and a New York Times bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781573222662 |
| ISBN 10 | 1573222666 |
| Title | Blue Blood |
| Author | Edward Conlon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Year published | 2004-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 562 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for Discover Great New Writers (Nonfiction) 2004, Commended for Literary Award (Art of the Memoir) 2005, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2004, Short-listed for Anthony Awards (Nonfiction) 2005, Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2004 |
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