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The New Centurions Study Guide

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by Joseph Wambaugh
About 4 pages (1,213 words)
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This is a procedural novel; that is, a novel in which police work as it is actually carried out provides the basis for the action. The novel's plot moves quickly and excitingly. The policemen train together, do their job in various Los Angeles neighborhoods and are reunited during the Watts riots. Crimes are committed; the police officers face danger. But when they are off-duty, these young men fall in love. Life is unpredictable and shocking, often brutal, yet the novels seems.....

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The New Centurions from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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