The Black Marble By Joseph Wambaugh

The black marble revolves around a drunk detective valnikov his new partner s efforts to get him sacked and his investigation into a dognapping.

The black marble by joseph wambaugh.

He lives in southern california. 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 characters are so deep and true the humour is totally human the situations are tense desperate and awful but that sick sense of humour of wambaugh s works so well. 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. 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. 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.

I find the antics of the latter two very funny. The marble has streaks of white that look like lightning bolts in a black sky. The son of a policeman joseph wambaugh b. 1937 began his writing career while a member of the los angeles police department.

It is a near perfect crime novel. Free shipping for many products. 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. Every now and again i download one of his older books on kindle and the black marble is one of his best.

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. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. This new global view of earth s city lights is a composite assembled from data acqu. The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.

The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton.