This is a noir police procedural aimed at adult readers, featuring a burnt-out cop protagonist in a corrupt New York precinct. The book contains strong language, morally gray characters, police violence, and themes of institutional corruption—standard for the genre but not appropriate for young teens. While it has dark humor and some authentic insight into police culture, it glorifies cynicism and corruption rather than offering positive moral guidance.
'Wildly funny, dark, anguished and authentic' - Publishers Weekly Tough, funny, ironic and real, this is a must for devotees of raunchy burnt-out cop stories. Told at a breakneck, irreverent pace, it centres around corruption in a terminally corrupt and decadent NY police precinct where the dialogue is so gritty you th...'Wildly funny, dark, anguished and authentic' - Publishers Weekly Tough, funny, ironic and real, this is a must for devotees of raunchy burnt-out cop stories. Told at a breakneck, irreverent pace, it centres around corruption in a terminally corrupt and decadent NY police precinct where the dialogue is so gritty you think you're sitting in a police locker room. Major film tie-in with the movie of the book being released in 2001. Produced by Joel Silver (48 Hours, Predator, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Matrix), it stars Steven Seagal and rapper DMX.
