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A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
Broadway
June 1998
On Sale: June 15, 1998
576 pages ISBN: 0767900316 EAN: 9780767900317 Paperback
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Suspense | Fiction
The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe
Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of
Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug
market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood.
David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and
Edward Burns, a 20-year veteran of the urban drug war, tell
the chilling story of this desolate crossroad. Through the eyes of one broken family--two drug-addicted
adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre
McCollough, Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities
of inner cities across the country and unflinchingly assess
why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the
welfare system have accomplished so little. This
extraordinary book is a crucial look at the price of the
drug culture and the poignant scenes of hope, caring, and
love that astonishingly rise in the midst of a place America
has abandoned.
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