false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg 165475 3 "Every June 15th out at North Precinct, 'A' relief and graveyard shift started killing dogs. The police brass and local politicians only smiled if they were asked about it, shook their heads, and said it was just another one of those old myths about the precinct. The cops at North Precinct called them 'Night Dogs,' feral dogs, wild and half-wild, who roamed the districts after dark. Their ancestors had been pets, beaten and abandoned by their owners to breed and give birth on the streets." That's the stately, carefully weighted language and metaphor that begins what James Crumley (<i>The Last Good Kiss</i>) calls "the best cop novel I have ever read." Of course, the "night dogs" are not only the roaming canines but also the people from the rougher neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon--most particularly the police who work out of North Precinct. Seen through the eyes of a patrolman named Hanson, a Vietnam vet who thought he had seen the worst the world had to offer over there but is proved wrong every day, the story at first seems episodic, unconnected. But gradually all the threads of anger and pain come together to create an unforgettable picture of urban angst. Author Kent Anderson, who was a Vietnam vet and a Portland policeman in the 1970s, says that some readers might find his book disturbing or offensive: "The truth sometimes affects people that way." Then he adds a chilling footnote: "Things are much worse now than they were in 1975." 159770 1996 Night Dogs total:38|5:14|4:16|3:3|2:5|1:0| 38 153 57 9 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 1 false Tue Sep 02 14:31:21 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 25 02:41:58 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 4 1 false Sun Aug 30 13:17:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:04:24 -0700 2009
Excellent atmosphere and sense of place. Too often genre novels choose convention over realism. This book maintains its gritty reality, while mai...more...]]> 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Fri Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 25 22:19:37 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 22:21:04 -0700 2008
There are a lot of reasons not to read Kent Anderson's "Night Dogs". Aging Viet Nam War protestors, dusting off old placards and tired slogans to recycle for the War in Iraq, will be infuriated with Anderson's laser-focused skewering of the liberal mindset. Those ...more...]]> 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 3 0 false Fri Jan 23 23:48:20 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 23:50:06 -0800 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 17:46:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 17:50:44 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:52:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:38:06 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon May 28 11:30:15 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 12:14:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Nov 05 18:35:52 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 18:38:17 -0800 2007 more...]]> 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jan 15 09:25:28 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 09:32:33 -0800 2008 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 4 0 false Wed Aug 26 21:42:42 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:42:42 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 0 0 false Sun Aug 16 14:03:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:03:55 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Fri Aug 14 13:30:14 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:30:14 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 4 0 false Sat Aug 22 10:22:32 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 18:38:13 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 10:22:32 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 0 0 false Fri Jul 17 19:09:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:09:11 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 2 0 false Sat Jun 20 15:59:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 15:59:49 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 2 0 false Fri Jun 19 09:29:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 02:23:03 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 4 0 false Sun Jun 14 10:06:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 10:06:39 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 5 0 false Thu May 21 09:52:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 09:52:10 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 0 0 false Fri May 15 10:41:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 10:41:24 -0700 2009 165475 0553578774 9780553578775 37 9 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341622m/165475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165475.Night_Dogs 0 0 false Tue Apr 28 08:09:21 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:09:31 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165475