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Earth Angels

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Anyone who has read this book, written nearly ten years ago, will be amazed at its accuraccy concerning the corrupyion at the LAPD. I am so astounded at its parralels, that I truly think it is not so much as a fiction book, but a true life account of todays headline news. It even names C.R.A.S.H. as the main police gang buster team. I think someone should look into this. Anyone else interested, E Mail me!

Earth Angels is an exciting and well written book about the LAPD and the gangs. Having lived in Los Angeles, the story rang true and it is so vividly told that I could picture scenes as if it were a movie unfolding in my mind. But don't just trust me - I bought this on Kindle so I did not see the reviews that others wrote that are quoted on the print version:

"The most exciting book yet written about the violent world of L.A. gangs." - Joseph Wambaugh

"Gerald Petievich's finest... The great novel of street crime in L.A." - James Elroy

"Clear and hard and at the same time almost poetic. The voices are real... a cop novel where the cops are too human and the problems all too real." - The Washington Times

"The story may be fiction, but it is so graphic it reads like fact. The sharp-paced, grim, down-to-earth action is a real bet to keep the reader up past bedtime." - Associated Press

Petievich captures the attitudes, language, and deadly gamesmanship of L.A. gangbangers and the cops caught up in the gangbangers' world. Written a decade ago, the book is eerily prescient in its depiction of an out-of-control antigang unit that starts functioning like a street gang itself - predating the actual Rampart/CRASH scandals with disturbing precision. I've read dozens of police procedurals; few can compare to EARTH ANGELS in the accuracy of its portrayals and the lean, unfliching realism of its prose. A hypnotizing excursion into the no-man's-land of gang warfare, this novel is even more relevant and timely now than when it was first published. I predict it will continue to stand the test of time and be remembered as one of the few classics in the police-fiction genre. Don't miss it!