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Five stars for a cast of flamboyant characters, where the cops are sometimes more colorful than the nightlife they deal with from dusk to dawn; for eye-opening revelations about policemen’s lives the average citizen doesn’t know or think about, e.g. young cops with families who rely on food stamps!; for the depiction of humdrum nights that could easily end in killing or being killed; and for a story with an elusive undercurrent best described by pointing to the section of the book where Hobo tries to solve a sixteen letter crossword puzzle clue, “The Eye Deceived.” In The Chinese Fire Drill there’s always more going on than meets the eye.
By Hallie Gregory on December 26, 2015
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