· BLUE BLOOD. Edward Conlon. Read by Tom Stechschulte. 23 cds. 28 hrs. Recorded Books. $ Vinyl; content notes. SA Conlon's remarkably candid anecdotal history of his years as a South Bronx policeman, served up with humor and reflection, should be required reading for anybody interested in criminal justice and for those whose theories on crime . Ed Conlon's "Blue Blood" is a masterpiece: a gritty, no-nonsense look at law enforcement in New York City, with prose that rises far above the standard police tell-all. Part memoir, part expose, this book grabs your attention, and holds it while Conlon takes you through the criminal justice system of New York, all the while pointing out its absurdity and promise.5/5(5). Time Edward Conlon's Blue Blood is an ambitious and extraordinary work of nonfiction about what it means to protect, to serve, and to defend among the ranks of New York's finest. Told by a fourth generation NYPD, this is an anecdotal history of New York as experienced through its police force, and depicts a portrait of the teeming street life of the city in all its horror and splendor.5/5(2).
BLUE BLOOD is an absorbing first-person account of Edward Conlon's time in the NYPD that takes us far beyond "Third Watch" and "NYPD Blue." Conlon touches on the family roots and influences that impelled him to become a policeman after graduating from Harvard -- the uncles and cousins in "the Job," and particularly his father, a career FBI agent -- and on embarrassing moments in youthful. The book "Blue Blood" by Edward Conlon was a very well written book expressing his experiences as being a cop. I really liked this book although at times it was a little hard to follow because of its stories within stories, however it was very enjoyable. REVIEW: "Blue Blood" by Edward Conlon. Posted on: 14 January ; By: TedG; With two exceptions, the group was of two minds about this biography/memoir by a New York City police detective. The exceptions were Adrian, who employed his "50 pages and out" rule - "if a book hasn't caught my attention in the first 50 pages, I move on; I.
Overview. Edward Conlon's Blue Blood is an ambitious and extraordinary work of nonfiction. The sprawling, page Blue Blood includes digressions into Conlon's family history and insightful observations on urban race relations, corruption, and anti-crime techniques (namely Compstat, a system of compiling and analyzing computerized crime statistics to better identify trends, deploy officers, and hold commanders accountable that was instituted by William J. Bratton, police commission er in the first Giuliani administration). Conlon's impressive knowledge of and passion for New York. Ed Conlon's "Blue Blood" is a masterpiece: a gritty, no-nonsense look at law enforcement in New York City, with prose that rises far above the standard police tell-all. Part memoir, part expose, this book grabs your attention, and holds it while Conlon takes you through the criminal justice system of New York, all the while pointing out its absurdity and promise.
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