Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets
Oct 2008 · Canongate Books
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'A masterpiece' MARTIN AMIS
'The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer' NORMAN MAILER
Based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore, David Simon's true crime masterpiece reveals a city few will ever experience. Day in day out citizens are shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world.
'The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer' NORMAN MAILER
Based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore, David Simon's true crime masterpiece reveals a city few will ever experience. Day in day out citizens are shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world.
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Stu O'Connor (Chewdiggy)
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August 10, 2015
David Simon writes a thrilling insight into the streets of Baltimore and the men and women who Police it. I spent most of the book piecing together stories that were used as basis for the show (the infamous "Snot Boogie" dialogue from the intro of season 1 episode 1 for example) but that did not detract from what is a well crafted, well paced journey through Simon's time with the Baltimore Police Department.
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cheese wagstaff
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April 20, 2017
Superb. Only way to describe this book
About the author
David Simon is an author, journalist, producer and script writer and is best known as the creator of HBO's Peabody Award-winning series The Wire. His first book, the international bestseller Homicide, won the Edgar Award and the Anthony Award and became the basis for the NBC award-winning drama. His 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 also co-created the HBO series Generation Kill with Ed Burns, and Treme with Eric Overmyer. He lives in Baltimore.
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