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The Job

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Published on Apr 21, 2015 | 9 Hours 22 Minutes

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Published on Apr 21, 2015 | 9 Hours 22 Minutes

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“How ya doin?”

With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and touching tales from his twenty years served as an NYPD street cop. Steve Osborne is the real deal, people, the tough streetwise New York cop of your dreams, one with a big big heart. Kojak? NYPD Blue? Law & Order? Fuggedaboutem! The Job blows them out of the water with this unputdownable book.

Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his twenty years in the NYPD—some harmless things, some definitely not. In “Stakeout,” Steve and his partner mistake a Manhattan dentist for an armed robbery suspect and reduce the man down to a puddle of snot and tears when questioning him. In “Mug Shot,” the mother of a suspected criminal makes a strange request and provides a sobering reminder of the humanity at stake in his profession. And in “Home,” the image of his family provides the adrenaline he needs to fight for his life when assaulted by two armed and violent crackheads. From his days as a rookie cop to the time spent patrolling in the Anti-Crime Unit—and his visceral, harrowing recollections of working during 9/11—Steve Osborne’s stories capture both the absurdity of police work and the bravery of those who do it. His stories will speak to those nostalgic for the New York City of the 1980s and ’90s, a bygone era of when the city was a crazier, more dangerous (and possibly more interesting) place.

Includes two live stories from The Moth—Hot Dogs and Dentist

Stories from The Moth courtesy of The Moth.

“Hilarious. . . . Hair-raising. . . . [A] gruff charmer of a memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Osborne is a sly and humorous storyteller.” —The New Yorker

“Riveting—like the best night hanging out at a bar with an engaging storyteller.” —The Kansas City Star

“Osborne is a born storyteller, and anyone expecting a cop book to be filled with action and adventure won’t be disappointed with The Job. But what makes this story so powerful is its compassion and bittersweet comedy.” —Edward Conlon, author of Blue Blood

“An enjoyable read. It’s real life, and it’s told by a gifted storyteller who also happened to be a gifted cop. . . . Osborne writes with passion about his work. . . . For a job that usually deals with the dregs of society, an unlikely strain creeps into Osborne’s tales—compassion. Osborne balanced toughness with empathy as he sought to ferret out wrongdoing while on duty.” —The Buffalo News

“Nobody tells a cop story better than a cop, and Osborne tells them as well as I’ve ever heard (and I’ve heard a lot of them). . . . For every bad cop there are twenty heroic ones—and Steve Osborne was one of them.” —Brian McDonald, author of My Father’s Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years in the NYPD

“Wonderful. . . . Not only was Osborne an excellent policeman (he retired as a lieutenant and the commanding officer of the Manhattan Gang Squad), he’s a fabulous storyteller, crafting his memories into well-honed tales filled with drama, humor and heart.” —Bookpage

“[An] engaging memoir. . . . [Osborne’s] frank and intimate voice . . . suffuses his prose.” —Publishers Weekly

“Raucous recollections. . . . [Osborne] comes off as an avuncular, world-weary tough guy. . . . Yet he elevates his perspective by displaying empathy for the civilians, victims and even criminals he has encountered.” —Kirkus

“Cops are innately good storytellers, and Osborne must be one of the best.” —Booklist

“Often funny, occasionally sobering and always entertaining.” —Shelf-Awareness

Author

Steve Osborne

Steve Osborne was a New York City police officer for twenty years, retiring in 2003 as a lieutenant and commanding officer of the Manhattan Gang Squad, with numerous citations for his police work. He has told his stories before packed audiences at The Moth storytelling venues across the United States. He has written for The New York Times and USA Today. Now a consultant for television and film productions, Osborne lives in upstate New York with his wife and their two dogs, Jingles and Duke.

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