David Simon

A masterpiece - Martin Amis The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer - Norman Mailer Based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore, David Simon's true crime masterpiece reveals a city few will ever experience. Day in, day out, citizens are shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime...

The notorious corner of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in Baltimore is a 24-hour open-air drug market that provides the economic fuel for a dying neighbourhood. Through the eyes of one broken family—two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable fifteen-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough—Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA. The Corner unflinchingly assesses why...