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A year on the killing streets by david simon alibris. The book received the 1992 edgar award in the best fact crime category. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the citys homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of american visions. And as the closing remarks from terry mclarney state, not much has changed since that year on the killing streets. A year in the life of an innercity neighborhood, coauthored with edward burns, was made into an hbo miniseries. Simon is currently the executive producer and writer for hbos peabody awardwinning series the wire.
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