Homicide

by David Simon (Author)

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  1992

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  Every 36 hours a citizen is shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death in Baltimore. And at the centre of this is the city's homicide unit, a small group of men who fight for whatever justice is possible. The author gained access to a homicide unit, and this book is the story of a year on the violent streets of an American city. The narrative focuses on three detectives, each driven in his own way to find out how and why the bodies fall. Around them is a supporting cast and a city that is torn by racial tensions and plagued by an epidemic of drugs and crime.

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  2008

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  The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is 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 confronted by the darkest of American visions. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his remarkable book is both a compelling account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator nearing the end of his career; Harry Edgerton, an iconoclastic black detective in a mostly white unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an earnest rookie who takes on the year's most difficult case, the brutal rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl.