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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

by David Simon

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Edgar and Anthony Award Winner

Selected by the Literary Guild

"Remarkable...A true crime classic."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enter the workday of real policemen. Follow fifteen detectives, three sergeants, and a lieutenant, whose job it is to investigate Baltimore's 234 murders. You will get a cop's-eye-view of the bureaucracy, the highs of success, the moments of despair, and the non-stop rush of pursuits, anger, banter, and violence that make up a cop's life. Now an acclaimed television series, this extraordinary book is the insider's look at what you have always wondered about.

Synopsis:

"Remarkable . . . a true crime classic . . . a journalistic masterpiece. . . . (A) saga of a brutal, bloody, bewildering year in the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. . . . This is interior reporting at its finest".--"Associated Press". An Edgar Award winner and the basis for the popular television series of the same title.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780804109994
Subtitle:
A Year on the Killing Streets
Author:
Simon, David
Author:
David Simon, M.D.
Publisher:
Ivy Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
General
Subject:
Murder
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Criminology
Subject:
Crime and criminals
Subject:
Maryland
Subject:
Homicide
Subject:
Homicide investigation
Subject:
Homicide investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Subject:
Murder - General
Subject:
Africa - General
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.)
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publication Date:
January 1993
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
640
Dimensions:
6.92x4.19x1.08 in. .66 lbs.
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