Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets

Name: Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets
Brand: Canongate Books
SKU: 9781782116301
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★★★★★

English

By (author): David Simon

'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.

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Weight: 484g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 16 Jul 2015
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781782116301

About David Simon

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 Treme with Eric Overmyer and We Own This City with Ed Burns and George Pelecanos. He lives in Baltimore.