The Blue Knight (novel)

The Blue Knight
First edition
AuthorJoseph Wambaugh
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective novel
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
February 28th 1972
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages320 pp
ISBN978-0440106074

The Blue Knight is the second novel by former Los Angeles Police detective Joseph Wambaugh, written while he was still a serving detective. Published in 1972, it follows the last days on the beat for a veteran LAPD police officer, detailing his thoughts and actions from a first person perspective.[1] The narrative is written in a coarse, sometimes self-deprecating manner; in the first chapter, Bumper refers to himself as having "an ass two nightsticks wide".