"Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of smalltown police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line....A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic."TimeFunny, touching, revealing, here is the view from a rookie cops patrol car, during midnight shifts, in a (mostly) peaceful town. With a rich cast of characters, this is a classic memoir of the fear, surprises, excitement, embarrassment that comes with a protecting and serving a small community.When I was twentythree years old, five months out of college, with a degree in music, and without any idea of what to do with myself, I took a job as a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, so writes Alec Wilkinson. Music, huh? the police chief said during the job interview. Thatll be a big help. Wilkinsons main qualification was familiarity with the town of 2,000 people from summers there growing up. Committing himself to a year wearing a uniform and carrying a gun, and with no training, Wilkinson was sent out to keep the peace, hoping nothing would happen. There are highspeed chases and stopping drunk drivers, one of whom tries to set Wilkinsons hair on fire. There are domestic squabbles. The first six months were murder for me, Wilkinsons partner confides on his first night. After that, when I found out the people I thought were my friends werent really my friends, I felt better off. There is an attempted bank robbery. The...

Binding: Paperback;232 pages; Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher; Classification: JK; Weight: 390 g; Dimensions: 133 x 191 x 19

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