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Homicide [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

David Simon (Author), Reed Diamond (Reader)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

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This 1992 Edgar Award winner for best fact crime is nothing short of a classic. David Simon, a police reporter for the Baltimore Sun, spent the year 1988 with three homicide squads, accompanying them through all the grim and grisly moments of their work--from first telephone call to final piece of paperwork. The picture that emerges through a masterful accumulation of details is that homicide detectives are a rare breed who seem to thrive on coffee, cigarettes, and persistence, through an endlessly exhausting parade of murder scenes. As the Washington Post writes, "We seem to have an insatiable appetite for police stories.... David Simon's entry is far and away the best, the most readable, the most reliable and relentless of them all.... An eye for the scenes of slaughter and pursuit and an ear for the cadences of cop talk, both business and banter, lend Simon's account the fascination that truth often has." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Baltimore Sun reporter Simon spent a year tracking the homicide unit of his city's police, following the officers from crime scenes to interrogations to hospital emergency rooms. With empathy, psychological nuance, racy verbatim dialogue and razor-sharp prose, he offers a rare insider's look at the detective's tension-wracked world. Presiding over a score of sleuths is commander Gary D'Addario, "connoisseur of survival" who grapples with political intrigue, massive red tape and "red balls" (major, difficult cases). His detectives include Tom Pelligrini, obsessed with solving the rape-murder of an 11-year-old girl; Rich Garvey, whose "perfect year" is upset by a murder case that collapses in court; and black, cosmopolitan Harry Edgerton, a lone wolf, son of a jazz pianist. This hectic daily log reveals the detective's beat on Baltimore's mean streets (234 murders in 1988) to be brutal, bureaucratic and, occasionally, mundane.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A good learning experience, Dec 21 2008
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Paul Henrick Aube "PHA" (Laval, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homicide (Mass Market Paperback)
After watching (alas) the complete television episodes, venturing the book was an experiene on its own. Although the characters are the main focus of both television drama and the book, the latter provides more insight (i.e., the 10 rules, trade insight and various quotes). It provides a good "reality check" to the reader about humans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Always compared against, May 18 2008
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This review is from: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Paperback)
I first became interested in this book through the television show, but what an absolute gem to find: funny, in-depth and provides a close look at the human element behind police work that isn't often exlored in today's journalism. Five out of five, definitely one of my top books of all time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, Aug 16 2004
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Travis Jackson (Lynden, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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If you like the show you will love the book! It follows Baltimore detectives as they solve crimes and what they go through in their daily lives.
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