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The corner a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood

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 flourishes beyond his rowhouse steps. Can he rise above his parents' addiction, or will he, too, become a casualty of the corner? Through the prism of just one desolate crossroads, Simon and Burns offer chilling assessments of why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have done so little for our inner cities. The Corner will forever alter our view of the so-called war on drugs, even as it compels us to look deep into the hearts and minds of all those who live in America's abandoned places.

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  • "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 flourishes beyond his rowhouse steps. Can he rise above his parents' addiction, or will he, too, become a casualty of the corner? Through the prism of just one desolate crossroads, Simon and Burns offer chilling assessments of why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have done so little for our inner cities. The Corner will forever alter our view of the so-called war on drugs, even as it compels us to look deep into the hearts and minds of all those who live in America's abandoned places."@en
  • "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 flourishes beyond his rowhouse steps. Can he rise above his parents' addiction, or will he, too, become a casualty of the corner? Through the prism of just one desolate crossroads, Simon and Burns offer chilling assessments of why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have done so little for our inner cities. The Corner will forever alter our view of the so-called war on drugs, even as it compels us to look deep into the hearts and minds of all those who live in America's abandoned places."
  • "Brennpunkt Baltimore: Crack und Heroin überfluten die Strassen Amerikas. An der berüchtigten Ecke von West Fayette und Monroe Street wird sieben Tage die Woche, 24 Stunden am Tag auf offener Strasse verkauft - der Drogenhandel ist der ökonomische Treibstoff einer sterbenden Nachbarschaft mitten in der Stadt. Durch die Augen einer zerbrochenen Familie - drogensüchtiger Eltern und ihres Sohns DeAndre McCullogh - zeigt uns 'The Corner' die harte Realität der Drogenkultur und die ergreifenden Szenen von Hoffnung, Mitgefühl und Liebe, an einem Ort, den Amerika schon längst abgeschrieben hat. David Simon und Edward Burns, Autoren von 'The Wire', verbrachten ein Jahr mit den McCulloghs - ihre glänzende Reportage ist sowohl eine erschütternde Familiengeschichte als auch ein aufrüttelndes Porträt des amerikanischen 'War on Drugs'. Die aus dem Buch entwickelte HBO-Miniserie 'The Corner' wurde mit drei Emmy-Awards ausgezeichnet. David Simon, Journalist, Drehbuchautor und Produzent, wurde 1960 in Washington D.C. geboren und lebt in Baltimore. Er war lange Jahre Polizeireporter bei der Baltimore Sun und schrieb die Bücher 'Homicide' und 'The Corner', die die Grundlage der von ihm geschaffenen Fernsehserie 'The Wire' bilden. Sein aktuelles Projekt ist die Fernsehserie 'Treme'. Ed Burns, Autor, Drehbuchschreiber und Produzent, war 20 Jahre Detective bei der Mordkommission Baltimores und danach Lehrer an einer öffentlichen Schule in Baltimore. Er schrieb mit David Simon 'The Corner' und war massgeblich an den Serien 'The Wire' und 'Generation Kill' beteiligt."

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  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "The corner a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood"@en
  • "The corner a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood"
  • "The Corner : Bericht aus dem dunklen Herzen der amerikanischen Stadt"
  • "The Corner Bericht aus dem dunklen Herzen der amerikanischen Stadt"
  • "The Corner : a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood"
  • "Corner"@en
  • "The corner : a year in the life of an inner-city neighborhood"
  • "The Corner [ein Bericht aus dem dunklen Herzen der amerikanischen Albtraums]"

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