The Wire: Truth Be Told

Name: The Wire: Truth Be Told
Brand: Canongate Books
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English

By (author): David Simon Rafael Alvarez

THE WIRE is one of the most critically acclaimed drama series in the history of television. Over its five seasons it built up a rich and layered portrait of Baltimore: its hardened police force, its corner boys, its dock workers and its politicians. The Wire: Truth Be Told brings the reader inside this world: packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by David Simon, it covers all five seasons in glorious detail. See more

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Weight: 617g
Dimensions: 133 x 208mm
Publication Date: 02 Sep 2010
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781847675996

About David SimonRafael Alvarez

RAFAEL ALVAREZ was born in Baltimore in 1958 and educated at Catholic schools. He received an English degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1981.His books include Orlo and Leini a collection of short fiction and Storyteller an anthology of his two decades of feature reporting for the Baltimore Sun. In 2009 Alvarez published an essay on the expansive nature of storytelling - as evidenced in his fiction and THE WIRE - in Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives released by the MIT Press of Cambridge Massachusetts.DAVID SIMON's Homicide: A Year in the Killing Streets won the Edgar and Anthony Awards and became the basis for the award-winning NBC drama. Simon's second book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood co-authored with Ed Burns was made into an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries. Simon was an executive writer and producer for HBO's Peabody Award-winning series THE WIRE. He lives in Baltimore. Other contributors: Victor Paul Alvarez Michael A. Fletcher Greg Garland Nick Hornby Joy Lusco Kecken Laura Lippman Ann DeLordo George Pelecanos Deborah Rudacille Tom Waldron Anthony Walton and William F. Zorzi.