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Chargement... Law and Orderpar Dorothy Uhnak
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This gritty novel, written by Dorothy Uhnak, a policewoman herself, chronicles thirty-three years of the O’Malleys—an Irish family of New York City cops in a time when bigotry and corruption ran rampant throughout the NYPD. It begins with the cover-up of Sergeant O’Malley’s unsavory death at the hands of a prostitute, follows his son, Brian O’Malley, on his rise through the ranks to Deputy Chief Inspector, and ends with his grandson, Patrick O’Malley’s crusade to expose dirty cops and clean up the department. The story is filled with racial slurs common for the time and sexual perversions that the O’Malleys—and men in general—seem prone to. It also gives us a glimpse into life on the crowded streets of a city where generations of immigrants tried to survive without the law and order we enjoy today. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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New York City: from 1937 to the 1970s, the NYPD owned the streets, and the Irish owned the NYPD. Officers ruled their beat, fighting crime the way they wanted, and bending the law to take what they could. There was only one rule: look after your own. When Sergeant Brian O'Malley's prostitute lover pushed him out of a window, his friends in the police cover up the details and give him a hero's funeral. His eldest son is encouraged to join the boys in the force, but as he rises the ranks he realises that all favours must be repaid, whatever the repercussions. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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