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Can I read The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood on EtoBox?
The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood by David Simon, Edward Burns, Ed Burns is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood about?
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 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough – Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.
Who reads The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Simon, Edward Burns, Ed Burns
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847675774
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Memoir, Social Science
- Rating
- 4.41 / 5 (171 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood (1997)
- hiver/printemps (Séries TV) (2012)
- The Corner : A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1998)
- The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighborhood (1997)
- The Corner : a Year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighbourhood (1998)
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