Blind Moon Alley (2014)
“He brought us out to his district by the docks so his fellow bulls can book us.
The minute we got here it hit me that all of these precincts share a certain smell—a combination of perspiration, dust, and greed—and this one has got it in spades. I’m steeping in it. My shirt is plastered to the bottom of my sweaty spine, my oxfords are sticking to the floor, and my lungs are filled with that rank stationhouse air. No wonder cops spend so much time at speakeasies. They’ve got to wash these pla...ces off their souls.
There are eight bulls manning desks in the main room; not one appears to be in any kind of hurry. I’m waiting for the old guy—his badge reads Thorndyke—to get off the phone and finish my paperwork. Behind him, two young bulls are leaning back in their desk chairs eating cheesesteaks; the others are booking barflies like me. The scene will be the same later tonight, except a wave of hookers will have replaced us rumrunners.MoreLess
The minute we got here it hit me that all of these precincts share a certain smell—a combination of perspiration, dust, and greed—and this one has got it in spades. I’m steeping in it. My shirt is plastered to the bottom of my sweaty spine, my oxfords are sticking to the floor, and my lungs are filled with that rank stationhouse air. No wonder cops spend so much time at speakeasies. They’ve got to wash these pla...ces off their souls.
There are eight bulls manning desks in the main room; not one appears to be in any kind of hurry. I’m waiting for the old guy—his badge reads Thorndyke—to get off the phone and finish my paperwork. Behind him, two young bulls are leaning back in their desk chairs eating cheesesteaks; the others are booking barflies like me. The scene will be the same later tonight, except a wave of hookers will have replaced us rumrunners.MoreLess
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