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

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Call Number: 364.177 Si
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	364.177 Si	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Originally published: 1997.
At the center of the narrative is fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough. DeAndre's parents, Gary and Fran, were once poised, against all odds, to pull themselves up and out of West Baltimore. But when they themselves stumble and then succumb to the corner's temptations, DeAndre's future hangs in the balance. Smart and streetwise, he is both drawn to and wary of the drug trade that flourishes beyond his rowhouse steps. Can he rise above his parents' addiction, or will he, too, become a casualty of the corner? Through the prism of just one desolate crossroads, Simon and Burns offer chilling assessments of why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have done so little for our inner cities. The Corner will forever alter our view of the so-called war on drugs, even as it compels us to look deep into the hearts and minds of all those who live in America's abandoned places.

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Excellent Look at the Drug Trade submitted by danzoia on July 25, 2023, 9:06am Excellent look at the drug trade in intercity life. Simon went on to create the Wire, and you can see where he got his inspiration for the show.