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From WikipediaThe New Centurions, written by Joseph Wambaugh, is a novel depicting the stresses of police work in Los Angeles, California in the early 1960s. The author wrote the novel, his first, while a working member of the Los Angeles Police Department. The novel became a film starring George C. Scott and Stacy Keach. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon In the article: Plot summary | Character synopsis | The Watts Riot | AdaptationsProduct DescriptionEx-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Here in his classic debut novel, Wambaugh presents a stunning, raw, and unforgettable depiction of life behind the thin blue line. In a class of new police recruits, Augustus Plebesly is fast and scared. Roy Fehler is full of ideals. And Serge Duran is an ex-marine running away from his Chicano childhood. In a few weeks they'll put on the blue uniform of the LAPD. In months they'll know how to interpret the mad babble of the car radio, smell danger, trap a drug dealer, hide a secret, and-most of all-live with the understanding that cops are different from everyone else. But for the
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- Author
- The New Centurions
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780446539029
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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