Blue Truth
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- ¥650
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- ¥650
発行者による作品情報
This is a brutally honest, no-holds-barred memoir of a cops time on the street. it is a scorching, devastating book (Lawrence Block). Told in short story format, it chronicles a young mans journey from idealistic rookie to scarred, cynical veteran.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A Vietnam veteran, McDonald joined the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,ck Chi. Style. aa Police Department in 1970, and he resigned 10 years later suffering from burnout. On occasion his work caused him pain, as when he had to tell a poor black man that the bicycle he had bought for his daughter was stolen. At other times it brought him into conflict with his superiors inok?aa the department, because more than once he killed in the line of duty--enthusiasticallyok?aa . Interspersed among the chapters about his career is the unhappy story of the collapse of his marriage. McDonald has written two novels, The Patch and Gulf Stream ; his debut in true crime is an auspicious one.
