The Choirboys

"Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap-each has his horror story, his bad dream, his nightshriek. He is afraid of his friends-he is afraid of himself."-New York Times Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they're haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch-shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. "A master storyteller . . . authenticity oozes from this book . . . freewheeling and chilling and certainly Wambaugh's best."-Houston Chronicle