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Hollywood Station | 
| Author: Joseph Wambaugh
Creator: Adam Grupper
Publisher: Sound Library
Category: Book
Buy New: $94.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 3172298
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0792745213
EAN: 9780792745211
ASIN: 0792745213
Publication Date: December 2006
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Product Description
They call their sergeant the Oracle. He's a seasoned LAPD veteran who keeps a close watch over his squad from his understaffed office at Hollywood Station. They are: Budgie Polk, a 27-year-old firecracker who's begrudgingly teamed with Fausto Gamboa, the oldest, tetchiest patrol officer. Andi McCrea, a single mom who spends her days studying at the local community college. Wesley Drubb, a USC drop-out who joined the force to see some action. Flotsam and Jetsam, two aptly named surfer boys who pine after the petite, but intrepid, Meg Takara. And Hank Driscoll, the one who never shuts up. Together they spend their days and nights in the city's underbelly, where a string of seemingly unrelated events lures the cops of Hollywood Station to their most startling case yet: Russians, diamonds, counterfeiting, grenadesa reminder that nothing's too horrific or twisted for Los Angeles. Here, it's business as usual. For the first time in 20 years, Wambaugh revisits the kind of story he tells best: life in the LAPD. Not only have his fans been waiting for this comeback, but readers of the new generation of crime writing will have great interest in this book.
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 Swear words fill in for lack of a thesaurus October 3, 2008
A big bag of wind of a book. Although I'm listening to the audio edition.
Adam Grupper is an excellent narrator but even he can't make this book interesting. Just a lot of low life tales and no real story. Once in a little while there is a clever one liner but not enough real humor to say it's funny or laugh out loud. I listened to Hollywood Crows which was a little bit better.
Olive is a bit dated. The dumb broad should be a thing of the past. A real lame character. I've never met any female as dumb as Olive in my long life. Maybe one but that was years ago. Olive is just a prop for other even lamer one liners, boring.
I will not bother with this author anymore.
 The King is Back! July 28, 2008
I cannot add much to the five star reviews other than to say that I grew up on Waumbaugh's novels (and on the Waumbaugh inspired "Police Story") and it is good to see him return to his LAPD roots with such a bang. Come on Joe, crank it up. Even your worst is better than most.
Don't Miss It! July 28, 2008
This is Wambaugh at his best. An incredible cast of fascinating characters. A very well plotted story and completely satisfying read. Loads of humor and suspense!
 A Thin Blue Line of Humor July 12, 2008
This book has its moments of classic Wambaugh police humor, and politically correct it is not. Having said that, it is nowhere near the epic police novels that were "The Blue Knight" or "The New Centurions." Hollywood Station is more a collection of funny cop stories, most no doubt (partially) true, than a tight novel. In fact, the plot does not even begin to roll out until well into the second half of the book. I grew up on Wambaugh and his early novels (as well as "The Onion Field") had an impact on who I am today. But this book did not measure up.
One of the best books on audio--funny as Wodehouse July 1, 2008
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My all time favorite humorist is P G Wodehouse, and I never thought I'd find an author that made me laugh out loud like Wodehouse's books do. But "Hollywood Station" is outstanding, as read by Grupper.
Not to mention that Wambaugh's characters are sheer perfection. Who could forget Hollywood Nate, a policeman who longs to become a famous movie star? Or the surfer cop team, the Oracle, or Farley, the meth addict?
The police try to keep a lid on the boiling cauldron of Hollywood, with its crazy mix of drug dealers dressed in Spiderman costumes, prostitutes who are men in drag, and new immigrants with murder on their minds. And they have to do this with their hands tied behind their back due to the supervision and laws passed since the Rodney King incident. Not to mention while understaffed.
It's a crazy mixture, and Wambaugh paints it to perfection.
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