Although Wambaugh's major theme, the difficult necessity of policework and the toll it takes on police officers, remains the same from work to work, his novels have evolved. In The Blue Knight (1972), the reader accompanies Bumper Morgan on his rounds during what are supposed to be his last three days of duty before retirement. He is an excellent police officer, but the system, and the city, seem intent on breaking him. Like all heroes, he is rough with evildoers and kind to the weak. Unlike.....
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