The Black Marble By Joseph Wambaugh

It is a near perfect crime novel.

The black marble by joseph wambaugh.

The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph. Listen to a great detective finds his way back to sanity and a 70s gal blow fizz out of her eyes. Wambaugh wrote true for the time with plenty of true to life laughs. The characters are so deep and true the humour is totally human the situations are tense desperate and awful but that sick sense of humour of wambaugh s works so well.

Yep those damn dog poodle perms leisure suit junkies and old pasadena run amuck in this fun romp as a would be master mind picks the black marble again and again. The son of a policeman joseph wambaugh b. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. Joseph wambaugh is the hard hitting bestselling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world.

He was a police officer with the lapd for 14 years before retiring in 1974 during which time he published three bestselling novels. The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton. Over the course of his career wambaugh has been the author of more than 20 works of fiction and. The book is a bit difficult at first as mr wambaugh devotes a different chapter to each character and whilst they are funny and have some acute things to say about human nature it is hard to see.