The Scene Is Baltimore. Twice Every Three Days Another Citizen Is Shot, Stabbed, Or Bludgeoned To Death. At The Center 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. Originally Published Fifteen Years Ago, Homicide Became The Basis For The Acclaimed Television Show Of The Same Name. This New Edition – Which Includes A Foreword By Richard Price And A New Afterword By David Simon – Revives This Essential, Riveting Tale About The Men For Whom Murder Is Not An Extraordinary Act But The Source Of Their Calling.–jacket. David Simon. Originally Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1991.

Publish Date : 1993-01-23T00:00:01Z