The Blue Knight (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Joseph Wambaugh |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | February 28th 1972 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0440106074 |
The Blue Knight is the second novel by former Los Angeles Police detective Joseph Wambaugh, written while he was still a serving detective. Published in 1972, it follows the last days on the beat for a veteran LAPD police officer, detailing his thoughts and actions from a first person perspective. The narrative is written in a coarse, sometimes self-deprecating manner; in the first chapter, Bumper refers to himself as having "an ass two nightsticks wide".