Hollywood Station, Joseph Wambaugh
Hollywood Station, Joseph Wambaugh
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Hollywood Station

Author: Joseph Wambaugh

Narrator: Adam Grupper

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/28/2006


Synopsis

For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and trying not to get killed. If you're a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with the most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you're patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputation nor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, or your life when things heat up.The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store, complete with masks and a hand grenade, quickly connects to a Russian nightclub, an undercover operation gone bloodily wrong, and a cluelessly ambitious pair of tweakers.

Putting the pieces together are the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of street cops. There's Budgie Polk, a twenty-something firecracker with a four-month-old at home, and Wesley Drubb, a rich boy who joined the force seeking thrills. Fausto Gamboa is the tetchy veteran, and Hollywood Nate is the one who never shuts up about movies. They spend their days in patrol cars and their nights in the underbelly of a city that never sleeps. From their headquarters at Hollywood Station, they see the glamour city for what it is: a field of land mines, where the mundane is dangerous and the dangerous is mundane.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on December 19, 2018

A very enjoyable read with interesting characters. This book has it all, humor, happiness, anger and sadness. This is not an in depth thought provoking book. If you like cops and robbers with all the quirkiness, you'll like this book. Hope the same people are in the next on in this series.......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on June 09, 2008

I cannot improve on the blog post that prompted me to read it, so I'll repost a lengthy excerpt: [URL not allowed] Which brings me to what really made my blood boil: the review-fate of one particular book -- "Hollywood Station," the new novel by Joseph Wambaugh. A quick word for......more

Goodreads review by Chris on October 06, 2023

My 2nd Wambaugh novel. 9/10 Follows different police officer/detectives through their day to day duties. Within and around this is a crime plot involving a Russian lowlife criminal and a crystal addict, story builds up towards a strong climax. A good cast of characters, very well written and you can......more

Goodreads review by Ethan on June 10, 2012

It's not a bad book. A pretty quick read, with plenty of interesting little anecdotes and funny dialogue, although the plotting felt a bit loosey-goosey, and the "bizarre coincidence" factor seemed a bit high, especially towards the end. As well, the prose was awkward at times, and I found a surpris......more

Goodreads review by Leftbanker on July 31, 2017

Wambaugh’s politics are just too far right for me to buy into this screed disguised as a novel. This thing is a real piece of shit. Wambaugh lashing out at political correctness, sexism, racism, and police brutality as if these things never existed in the L.A. police department before a bunch of rac......more