Title: Far from his best work...
Product review: Fugitive Nights is pretty disappointing compared to some great novels like: The Delta Star, The Choirboys, and The Blue Knight. His last trip to the desert in The Secrets of Harry Bright was, as was much of his early work, a story cops could relate to and enjoy reading. Much of his newer work (Fugitive Nights, The Golden Orange, Finnegan's Week, etc)involve characters who are burn-outs or alcoholics. Stories like these are somewhat cliched, and do not typify most police officers. While they do exist, these characters detract from the story instead of adding to it. Perhaps being out of police work for so many years has left Mr. Wambaugh without a sense of what it's like, or how interesting the working cops still are. It's too bad because his early work was very real AND entertaining.
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