Night Dogs

Description:

A novel on police work in today's inner cities. The hero is a former Green Beret on the police force in Portland. As he goes about his job, witnessing the murder of his partner, he reflects on the parallel between violence in the U.S. and the Vietnam War--only the setting is different. By the author of Sympathy for the Devil.

subjects: Police,  Fiction,  Veterans,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  New York Times reviewed,  Portland (or.), fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Oregon, fiction

Places: Portland (Or.),  Portland,  Oregon