The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

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The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and Edward Burns, a 20-year veteran of the urban drug war, tell the chilling story of this desolate crossroad.

Through the eyes of one broken family--two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough, Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the country and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have accomplished so little. This extraordinary book is a crucial look at the price of the drug culture and the poignant scenes of hope, caring, and love that astonishingly rise in the midst of a place America has abandoned.

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Essane Diedro
September 10, 2014
The corner was a captivating look into a world not known about unless lived. I appreciate the sincerity and delicacy in which Simon and Burns painted each character's story as well as the insightful way in which they dissected the systemic problems that all lend a hand in making the corner what it is. The ending isn't a fairytale ending, the authors didn't intend it to be. They stuck true to the real story, real lives and real emotions.
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Jeff Zaborowski
April 25, 2019
very informative. How simon & Eddie Burns survived any of this in that war zone is anyones guess. but im glad they did. just like all his work its a masterpiece in my humbling opinion. a must read for anyone doing the best Mobb Deep impression they can by Living The Street Life.
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Mitchell Hutchins
June 20, 2016
Saw the first two HBO episodes. Very interesting stories of life on the streets , dealing with drugs, crime and life as a whole from the view point of different individuals living that kind of life. Look forward to seeing more episodes to come.
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About the author

DAVID SIMON is the creator of the HBO television series, The Wire for which he served as executive producer, head writer, and show runner for all five seasons. He is also is the author of the bestselling Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, which won an Edgar Award and inspired Barry Levinson's Emmy Award-winning television program of the same name. A freelance writer based in Baltimore, he is also a writer and producer for Homicide and received the 1994 Writer's Guild for America Award for outstanding script in an episodic television drama.

A teacher in the Baltimore public school system, Edward Burns retired after serving twenty years in the city police department. For much of that time, he worked as a detective in the homicide unit.

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