The Corner

A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

Author: David Simon
Secondary Author: Edward Burns
ISBN: 9780767900317

West Baltimore, Fayette and Monroe: the corner. On this forgotten intersection, the American dream has crumbled to a nightmare. Here, the full price of the drug culture is being paid — yet, surprisingly, it can also be a place of hope, caring, and love.This extraordinary book tells the searing true story of one year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood. Written by David Simon, the award-winning author of "Homicide, " and Edward Burns, a former police detective, it follows a handful of people who must struggle mightily just to survive — let alone escape — the drug market that fuels their world. At the center of the narrative is fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough. DeAndre's parents, Gary and Fran, were once poised, against all odds, to pull themselves up and out of West Baltimore. But when they themselves stumble and then succumb to the corner's temptations, DeAndre's future hangs in the balance. Smart and streetwise, he is both drawn to and wary of the drug trade that flouri

Publisher: Broadway Books
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness

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