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Language English Pages 320 pp Originally published 15 January 1973 Genre Detective fiction Country United States of America | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date January 15, 1973 ISBN 978-0440106074 Publisher Little, Brown and Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Blue Knight is the second novel by former LAPD detective Joseph Wambaugh, and was written while he was still a serving detective. It follows the last days on the beat for a veteran LAPD police officer, detailing his thoughts and actions from a first person perspective. The narrative is written in a coarse, sometimes self-deprecating manner; in the first chapter, Bumper refers to himself as having "an ass two nightsticks wide".
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Plot summary
The novel centers around a LAPD beat cop named Bumper Morgan, who utilizes intimidation and in some cases physical violence in his dealings with the criminal elements he encounters.
Reception
According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1,621 libraries. It inspired the 1973 TV film, The Blue Knight and the 1975 TV series The Blue Knight.