The Choirboys
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Choirboys (1975) is a novel by former Los Angeles police officer Joseph Wambaugh about ten patrol officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. Working the streets of Wilshire Division, the officers face violence, absurdity and pressure from superiors. To cope, they hold late-night drinking sessions they call choir practice in MacArthur Park. The novel follows their lives on and off duty.
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- Quentin Tarantino: “The Choirboys was the first time that I liked a movie so much that I went out to buy the book because I figured there'd just be more material. And I love the book.”