Dave Sussman
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Kent Anderson:
Hello, I wanted to tell you how much I love NIght Dogs and Sympathy...I've been a street cop for 15 years now, working the roughest districts in my city, and I can attest that you have captured the essence of hood-policing like no other writer I've ever read. I've reread ND about 4 times now, and each time it affects me just as strongly. Question: was there a real Truman? A real Pharoah? Did he ever save your ass?
Kent Anderson
Hi Dave -- I love it when cops tell me they love Night Dogs because it assures me that I got it right. Truman was based on an old dog I saw one day in Missoula, MT a long time before I wrote Night Dogs. Now he's as real to me as any old friend. I miss him. Pharoah was based on a guy I used to wave to on the street in north Portland, but it was another guy who jumped in and saved me that day, a situation that's virtually non-fiction except for changing the guy to Pharoah.
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Michael Fisher
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Kent Anderson:
Having been a police officer for the last 13 years I have reread Night Dogs over and over throughout my career.Its been interesting to recognize the relevance of those small details over the years. I read years back that Night Dogs came very close to being adapted to film but the project stalled. Is there any hope that project would be revisited ?
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