Books
May, 1996
Joseph Wambaugh tops this spring's books with a wild southern California saga about yachting, espionage, the Americas Cup and murder. In Floaters (Bantam), he dazzles with his intimate knowledge of police life, black humor, raunchy dialogue and a cast of Nineties choirboys. The story concerns a complicated plot to sabotage Team New Zealand, which has become mixed up with the murder of a local prostitute by her pimp. The best scenes take place at the raucous parties of the Americas Cup Drinking C...