The 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 fifteen-year-old son,DeAndre McCollough - Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies,moral crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.
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Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786899781Number of pages: 640Weight: 420 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mmEdition: Main - Canons
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A staggering depiction of broken urban hearts of America...This is reportage of the highest orderIf The Wire has given you Baltimore fever,read this chunky,streetwise,drug-littered piece of reportage by the hard-hitting show's creatorsAn amazingly clear-sighted yet sympathetic portrait of the American underclassAs thrilling and intense as any psycho-drama...this engrossing slice of social journalism is a tour de force that manages to humanise its subjects without exploiting themA brutal critique of America's failed war on drugs,the equality of Simon and Burns's insights matched by a hardboiled lyricism. This is journalism as artA profoundly moving and intelligent piece of social history
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