--- product_id: 99955582 title: "The Force: A Novel" brand: "don winslow" price: "₱1035" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/99955582-the-force-a-novel store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # The Force: A Novel **Brand:** don winslow **Price:** ₱1035 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Force: A Novel by don winslow - **How much does it cost?** ₱1035 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/99955582-the-force-a-novel) ## Best For - don winslow enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted don winslow brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Force: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81RqxvEa5LL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely jaw dropping brilliant novel about the NYPD, corruption and the powder keg waiting to blow *by S***D on Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017* I've read cop novels, from the patently ass kissing to vigilante but always on the right side types, and organized crime novels that reveal a dirty vulgar and equally criminal underside to the institution society created to protect themselves, only to be victimized by law enforcement types from Feds, including DEA, FBI, Border Patrol, all levels of metro and rural, etc. However, Don Winslow's "The Force" is so in depth, so revealing that you know it rings of truth even though it's a novel. I am so impressed by his brilliant writing, as I was with "Power of the Dog" and "The Cartel", that I couldn't help but wonder if he may attract some serious flak from those too close to the real thing. Books like this, and a huge seller at that, are projects of bravery in themselves. I genuinely believe Winslow could have been at some personal risk although it would look horrible for anybody in "Da Force" to do anything. It's that believable, terrifying and thorough. The story basically is about Denny Malone, a good/bad cop who fights fire and crime with the same. He and his loyal crew are sincere in their outrage at drug dealers, gang bangers and other low lives who rob, rape and murder innocent people. They are equally pissed off about the drug situation, guns on the streets, affiliation with the Mafia and other organized crime units. However, to get anything done in a force and an NYPD that's corrupted right down to the toilets in the holding cells, with anybody who's anybody seemingly wetting their proverbial beak somewhere, including Internal Affairs, the Police Commissioner, city government, lawyers and feds alike, methods are not exactly by the book to attain their objectives. Collusion with a Mafia capo, protecting one major league heroin dealer while trying to destroy the other, and two separate squads taking sides in that issue, accepting bribes, paying bribes, dealing themselves - all in a day's work until an incident where things get carried away and start dominos tumbling that can fall on damn near everybody even remotely close to the NYPD, its informants, or criminals who are tied in as tight to the cops as the real ones are. The ride is fast, very rough, extremely violent at times, and heartbreaking. In an amazing world of screwing everybody over for personal gain, nobody is hated more than a rat, because it's those types who push that first domino down. The contradictions, the dangers, personal tragedies are all here, and it's a jaw dropping expose. Winslow's writing is first rate - he may be the finest author of his style in the nation. He leaves you at books' end pondering the story, asking questions, and wanting to read more of his stuff. I am totally enamored with his work, and I consider him and Ace Atkins to be the best crime/thriller authors out there. For those who want books that mirror the real deal, sometimes too close for comfort, you can't beat "The Force" and I'll wager all his other books are just as great, which I am in the process of finding out. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Winslow's take on the wolves of the NYPD holds up on re-read *by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022* Hard-boiled fiction adopts by definition a cynical air. Don Winslow's "The Force" takes cynicism, injects it with steroids and HGH, and throws it into our most cynical city at perhaps our nation's most cynical time. Thank God it's a great book - otherwise it would just be painful.Winslow ("The Power of the Dog," "The Cartel," "Savages") is no stranger to the brutal world of the drug runner - he's written movingly about tortured, noble souls that wear the badge, deal the drugs, or are just innocent bystanders. In "The Force," Winslow takes the reader inside the most elite police unit in the NYPD - they rule the city from Manhattan North. At times hilarious, others tragic, and always compelling, "The Force" is a rant about the hypocrisy of our time.If you've ever wondered how the illegal drug system can operate with seeming impunity in our nation's largest cities - where police powers are at their height and the opportunities for surveillance are unlimited - Winslow has an answer for you: money talks. A cop is expected to go out and risk his or her life every day, and if the cop takes a free sandwich or cup of coffee, he or she puts his badge at risk. But the system allows the politicians, the lawyers, the real estate magnates, and the drug lords to do each other favors - financial, criminal, sexual, political - with nary a peep.The novel opens with the arrest by the federal government of NYPD's top cop, and the majority of the novel then gives you the backstory of how he got there. Pick it up now, and you won't want to put it down until you've read the last, deeply infuriating yet satisfying page.Highly recommended.*** Updated review based on a re-read - "The Force" holds up extremely well. The hard-boiled writing obviously remains a treat, but Winslow's insight into the toxic soup of systemic corruption, the NYPD's complex relationship with communities of color, and the mind-bogglingly rampant presence of both guns and illegal narcotics on our streets remains razor sharp. Winslow asks some fundamental questions with "The Force," and the book remains one of the more thought-provoking thrillers you'll read this year. Still highly recommended. *** ### ⭐ ... am completely puzzled as to why this book received good editorial comments *by M***W on Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017* I am completely puzzled as to why this book received good editorial comments. This is a book filled with, at best, dated ideas/myths/stories about policing. Every cliche in the world shows up, from the troubled corrupt white cop with the black girlfriend who happens to be a junkie. To the "prince of the city" idea where corrupt cops are somehow, somewhere deep in their tortured soul benevolt and care about the community.This book is, just simply, crap. I am 40 year police professional who ran IA in a major US police department. I have investigated, arrested, fired, jailed corrupt cops for years. There are good books, fiction and non, on this topic. 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