Midnights Is Both A Comedy Of Errors And An Affectionate Portrait Of Small-town Police, Those Beleaguered Souls Charged With The Task Of Keeping Their Neighbors In Line.a Reminder That Those Assigned To Protect Are Often Vulnerable And Quietly Heroic. -time&10;&10;funny, Touching, Revealing, Here Is The View From A Rookie Cop's Patrol Car, During Midnight Shifts, In A (mostly) Peaceful Town. With A Rich Cast Of Characters, This Is A Classic Memoir Of The Fear, Surprises, Excitement, Embarrassment That Comes With A Protecting And Serving A Small Community.&10;&10;&10;&10;&8220;when I Was Twenty-three Years Old, Five Months Out Of College, With A Degree In Music, And Without Any Idea Of What To Do With Myself, I Took A Job As A Policeman In Wellfleet, Massachusetts,&8221; So Writes Alec Wilkinson.