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| Author | Evan Hunter (as Ed McBain) |
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| Language | English |
| Series | 87th Precinct #1 |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Publisher | Permabooks |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 166 pages/ revised Edition 236 pages |
| OCLC | 8478204 |
| Followed by | The Mugger |
Cop Hater (1956) is the first 87th Precinct police procedural novel by Ed McBain. The murder of three detectives in quick succession in the 87th Precinct leads Detective Steve Carella on a search that takes him into the city's underworld and ultimately to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head.
Written by Evan Hunter using the name Ed McBain, the book was inspired by a television show he greatly admired, Dragnet.[1] McBain chose to set his 87th Precinct series in the fictional city of Isola, based on New York City. In 1958 it was made into a film of the same name.[2] In 1961, NBC developed an hour-long TV series 87th Precinct. McBain's work inspired many other writers and television producers to further develop the police procedural genre. Most notably, in 1981 Steven Bochco produced the award-winning Hill Street Blues for NBC. Bochco set his gritty police drama in a precinct house in a fictional city much as McBain did in Cop Hater. Apparently, Evan Hunter was unhappy with the similarity but he was reminded of his own borrowing of his predecessor's ideas.[citation needed]
- ^ MacDonald, Erin (April 30, 2012). Ed McBain/Evan Hunter: A Literary Companion. McFarland. p. 86. ISBN 978-0786489480. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Miller, Ron (February 6, 2017). Mystery Classics on Film: The Adaptation of 65 Novels and Stories. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 978-1476666853. Retrieved 8 January 2018.