The Black Marble Book

The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.

The black marble book.

The assassin 15. The black marble pool is a murder mystery but it didn t really work for me in this context. The black marble spends most of the book developing character and less time on the caper. The fiddler 11.

The black marble pool gives a glimpse into the lives of the characters who lived the book was originally published in 1990 but has just been republished by requeered tales. Flag 1 like like see review. The book is a bit difficult at first as mr wambaugh devotes a different chapter to each character and whilst they are funny and have some acute things to say about human nature it is hard to see. This is only the second book i have read by this author as i always assumed his books would be quite gory not sure where i got that idea from but in actual fact they are laugh out loud funny.

Suicide bridge 14. The black marble revolves around a drunk detective valnikov his new partner s efforts to get him sacked and his investigation into a dognapping. The tragic muse 8. The black marble 10.

The dog love 12. Charlie lightfoot 13. The rabbit 5. Valnikov paula prentiss as sgt.

It is a near perfect crime novel. The characters are so deep and true the humour is totally human the situations are tense desperate and awful but that sick sense of humour of wambaugh s works so well. The cathedral 9. Hipless hooker judy landers as pattie mae pat corley as itchy mitch paul henry itkin as.

The terrier king 4. The black marble that s what losers like val and philo always wind up with should hive been better than it is. The black marble revolves around a drunk detective valnikov his new partner s efforts to get him sacked and his investigation into a dognapping. The big sewer 6.

Natalie zimmerman harry dean stanton as philo skinner barbara babcock as madeline whitfield john hancock as clarence cromwell raleigh bond as capt. La buena vida 3. Table of contents 1. Robert foxworth as sgt.