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Nation Books
May 2010
On Sale: May 1, 2010
384 pages
ISBN: 1568584490
EAN: 9781568584492
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Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso,
Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a
failed state. Infamously known as the place where women
disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. Last
year 1,607 people were killeda number that is on pace to
increase in 2009.InMurder City, Charles Bowdenone of the few
journalists who has spent extended periods of time in
Juarezhas written an extraordinary account of what happens
when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its
inhabitantsa raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a
journalist fleeing for his lifewith a broader meditation on
the town's descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juarez's
culture of violence will not only worsen, but inevitably
spread north.Heartbreaking, disturbing, and
unforgettable,Murder Cityestablishes Bowden as one of our
leading writers working at the height of his powers.
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