These are the cops that like to party hard on occasion and are either single or married but not tied down. The Choirboys begins with references to a killing involving one or more police officers and then moves back in time to describe the 5 sets of patrol partners that make up the “Choirboys”. Luckily, the comedy outnumbered the sad scenes by about 10 to 1 as long as your appreciation of comedy includes the dark variety. The novel unfolds as a series of cop stories that contain some of the most uproarious comedy scenes I’ve ever read (guaranteed to make you laugh out loud!) as well as some of the saddest and most disturbing scenes I’ve read. This is a window into the lives of a group of 10 LA patrol officers where we see the situations they face and how police work has an overpowering effect on their lives. This is not a normal detective novel or mystery where detectives are trying to solve a difficult case. The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh is the best police drama I’ve read.
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