“The Choirboys” by Joseph Wambaugh

It’s one of the first books written for adults that I read as a teenager and it took me to a place and way of life (being a cop in L.A.) that a small-town Midwestern kid could never have imagined, even after watching Adam-12 and Dragnet religiously. It also taught me it was okay for a book to be funny. Even outrageously funny. In a good way.

Poignant and hilariously funny.

I loved this book as a child.