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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

Paperback | Pages: 646 pages

Rating: 4.38 | 14632 Users | 1060 Reviews

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Title	:	Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Author	:	David Simon
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 646 pages
Published	:	August 22nd 2006 by Holt McDougal (first published June 1st 1991)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Crime. True Crime. Mystery. History. Writing. Journalism. Sociology

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From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show. 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 hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book tells the true story of a year on the violent streets of an American city. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator; Harry Edgerton, a 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 new introduction, an afterword, and photographs--revives this classic, riveting tale about the men who work on the dark side of the American experience.

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Original Title:	Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
ISBN:	0805080759 (ISBN13: 9780805080759)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	American Law Enforcement
Setting:	Baltimore, Maryland,1988(United States)
Literary Awards:	Anthony Award for Best True Crime (1992), Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (1992)

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*this contains Wire spoilers, but not Homicide spoilers.*The Wire is over. The Wire, which salvaged so many depressing Sunday nights. The Wire, which was the only reason we subscribed to HBO. The Wire, one of the few television dramas where Ive repeatedly found myself thinking of all the characters and their situations as real.Im sure Im not the only one who feels the same way. Fictional or not, Omar got obituaries in publications across the country when his character died a few weeks ago. Whole

Ill never be able to read another crime drama without benchmarking it to this one. It was real, after all. Simon was a young crime reporter with the Baltimore Sun when he was given permission to tag along with a squad of homicide detectives for a year. With this book he proved himself to be an avid observer, a great storyteller, and an appreciative audience for the science, language and grit of police work. You can see this as a nonfiction prequel to The Wire.



Wow. Homicide was written thirty years ago and is perhaps the best non-fiction crime genre book that I have read. Im making a spot for the author Simon next to Capote and Bugliosi. In 1988 Simon, a Baltimore Sun journalist, was given unfettered access to the Baltimore PDs homicide group. The book spans the entire year in which over 200 homicides were investigated. Two dozen crimes (not all homicides) were covered in some depth. However it is three different child homicide cases and the case of

This brilliant book is one of the best I've ever read in the true crime genre. Inspiring a hit television program, Homicide introduces readers into the lives of a group of detectives and the things they encounter every day.

Flat-out incredible narrative nonfiction and worth every star.

Tried this. Feels very period, very NYPD Blue but without the tightly woven dialogue. I think I got about 25% or so, but probably shouldn't try reading it again, as a book about homicide and 'life on the streets' shouldn't be boring.