The Glitter Dome

by Joseph Wambaugh

Overview

A New York Times–bestselling police thriller by the author of Harbor Nocturne: Two LAPD detectives look into the murder of a Hollywood studio boss.

It’s the wildest bar in Chinatown, run by a proprietor named Wing who will steal your bar change every chance he gets. On payday the groupies mingle there with off-duty LAPD cops, including homicide detectives Martin Welborn and Al Mackey, who get assigned the case of a murdered Hollywood studio boss who may have been involved in some very strange and dangerous filmmaking. Hilarious at times, heartbreaking at others, this book was likened by theNew York Daily News to a “one-two combination that leaves the reader reeling.”
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781453234877
Publisher:	Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Pages:	324
Sales rank:	824,675
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

The son of a policeman, Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937) began his writing career while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. 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. His first novel, The New Centurions (1971), was a quick success, drawing praise for its realistic action and intelligent characterization, and was adapted into a feature film starring George C. Scott. He followed it up with The Blue Knight (1972), which was adapted into a mini-series starring William Holden and Lee Remick.
 Since then Wambaugh has continued writing about the LAPD. He has been credited with a realistic portrayal of police officers, showing them not as superheroes but as men struggling with a difficult job, a depiction taken mainstream by television’s Police Story, which Wambaugh helped create in the mid-1970s. In addition to novels, Wambaugh has written nonfiction, winning a special Edgar Award for 1974’s The Onion Field, an account of the longest criminal trial in California history. His most recent work is the novel Hollywood Moon (2010).

Editorial Reviews

"Let us dispel forever the notion that Mr. Wambaugh is only a former cop who happens to write books. . . . This would be tantamount to saying that Jack London was first and foremost a sailor. Mr. Wambaugh is, in fact, a writer of genuine power, style, wit and originality.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
“Wambaugh’s cops, like the soldiers in Catch-22, are men and women in a frenzy, zany grotesques made that way by the outrageous nature of the things they deal with.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
 
“[Wambaugh is] a good writer who becomes better with each successive book.” —The Detroit News
 
“Wambaugh sidesteps all the clichés.” —The Baltimore Sun

From the Publisher

This twenty-year-old police procedural sparkles. Because of Adam Verner's brisk narration, you hardly notice how dated a book can become. The mentions of old cars, music, and sporting events are slightly distracting but not enough that you can’t concentrate on the story: A murder mystery is solved through random finds by several different cops at the same precinct; eventually they put all the pieces together. Verner treats listeners to a host of cops who are real characters. His tongue-in-cheek delivery should not be missed. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2012 - AudioFile

This twenty-year-old police procedural sparkles. Because of Adam Verner's brisk narration, you hardly notice how dated a book can become. The mentions of old cars, music, and sporting events are slightly distracting but not enough that you can’t concentrate on the story: A murder mystery is solved through random finds by several different cops at the same precinct; eventually they put all the pieces together. Verner treats listeners to a host of cops who are real characters. His tongue-in-cheek delivery should not be missed. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2012 - AudioFile