• Harbor Nocturne

  • By: Joseph Wambaugh
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (281 ratings)

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Harbor Nocturne

By: Joseph Wambaugh
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Publisher's summary

When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from San Pedro Harbor to a Hollywood nightclub, their lives are forever changed. An unexpectedly tender and moving love story develops among the cops and criminals who occupy the harbor, and soon Dinko and Lita are caught up in terror and peril through no fault of their own.

Some LAPD characters from Wambaugh’s acclaimed “Hollywood Station” series are here: the surfer cops “Flotsam and Jetsam,” aspiring actor “Hollywood Nate” Weiss, and young Britney Small, along with new members of the midwatch, all gamely coping with the wackiness of Hollywood. It’s a tale only Wambaugh could have told, with his trademark dark humor and unflinching eye for detail.

©2012 Joseph Wambaugh. Recorded by arrangement with Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (P)2012 HighBridge Company

Critic reviews

“Razor-edged dialogue punctuates the vignette-filled plot. Realistic criminals are well matched by Wambaugh’s equally authentic police.” ( Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)
“A very fast ride-along, enlivened by cop gallows humor, snarky street altercations, and an insistent pull to the dark side.” ( Booklist, Starred Review)
“The legendary Wambaugh’s newest is chock-full of his trademark cop talk and offbeat side vignettes.” ( Library Journal)

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Good book

To many bad words and not enough storyline in one book need to be looked at.

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Great book

This was a well put together story, painful twist. But a great great story. Wambaugh is a master.

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Incredibly dated

I used to enjoy the Hollywood series. Unfortunately, this is bad. Very bad. There is very little humor. The narrator was incredibly racist towards the Asian characters. I looked up some of the dialogue in the book and Mr. Kim did not speak in mangled English and did not turn his Ls into Rs.

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