By David Simon & Edward Burns

This portrayal of a year in drug-crazed west Baltimore will satisfy neither readers looking for a perceptive witness to the urban crisis nor those in search of social analysis. Simon (Homicide, LJ 6/1/91), a crime reporter, and Burns, a Baltimore police veteran and public school teacher, mask their presence in the scene with an omniscient style that strains credibility, and the chronological framework blunts the impact of their most compelling themes. The authors salute the courageous but futile efforts of individual parents, educators, and police officers but deny the possibility of a social solution to the devastation they acknowledge is rooted in social policy. A more compelling account is Our America: Life and Death (LJ 6/1/97) on the South Side of Chicago, based on interviews conducted by 13-year-old public housing residents LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman in 1993. For larger public libraries.

Published Date: 15/06/2000 Format: PaperBack ISBN: 0-7679-0031-6 Publisher: n/a Rating: Retail price: US Dollar $ 16.95 (Rs. 1,212.60) Our price: Rs. 1,020.00 You Save: Rs. 192.60 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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