{"product_id":"horseplay-norm-boucher-9781988732985","title":"Horseplay: My Time Undercover on the Granville Strip","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book at the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for Book Cover Design at the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn his first true crime memoir, undercover operator Norm Boucher recounts eight months spent infiltrating Vancouver's heroin scene, a world of paranoia, ripoffs, and violence. It is 1983 and the War on Drugs is intensifying. From his barroom observer's seat, Boucher candidly reveals the lives of heroin addicts who spend each day looking for their next hit. Their dangerous subculture, centred around three gritty hotels on the Granville Strip, becomes Boucher's domain as he attempts both to gain acceptance in a world far removed from his own and to keep himself safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eHorseplay\u003c\/i\u003e, decorated RCMP officer Norm Boucher takes readers back to the assignment that shaped his outlook on the role of criminal law enforcement and the human side of addiction as it collides with the ruthlessness of the drug business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norm Boucher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988732980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988732985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NeWest Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2021","brand":"Norm Boucher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292987347199,"sku":"9781988732985","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c082ae5c-8117-4017-96a4-5d3341e8bcc2.jpg?v=1730210757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/horseplay-norm-boucher-9781988732985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}