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David Simon

The Corner

A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood

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'A staggering depiction of broken urban hearts of America. . . This is reportage of the highest order.' Irish TimesThe notorious corner of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in Baltimore is a 24-hour open-air drug market that provides the economic fuel for a dying neighbourhood. Through the eyes of one broken family - two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCullough - Simon and Burns examine the sinisterrealities of inner cities across the USA and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.'If The Wire has given you Baltimore fever,… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Burns, Edward
  • ISBN: 978-1-84767-318-3
  • EAN: 9781847673183
  • Produktnummer: 21953675
  • Verlag: Canongate
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 640 S.
  • Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
  • Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D4.8 cm 431 g
  • Gewicht: 431

Über den Autor


David Simon's Homicide won the Edgar and Anthony awards and became the basis for the NBC award-winning drama. Simon's second book, The Corner: A Year in the Life of An Inner-City Neighbourhood, co-authored with Edward Burns, was made into an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries. Simon is currently an executive producer and writer for HBO's Peabody Award-winning series THE WIRE. He lives in Baltimore.A teacher in the Baltimore public school system, Edward Burns retired after serving twenty years in the city police department. For much of that time, he worked as a detective in the homicide unit.

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