<![CDATA[The Wire: Truth Be Told]]>

false <![CDATA[The Wire: Truth Be Told]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171608116m/109594.jpg 109594 2 Welcome to the critically acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire, hailed as "the best show on television, period" by the San Francisco Chronicle. The New York Times calls it "a vital part of the television landscape...unvarnished realism." Time declares that The Wire, "like its underfunded, workaday cops, just plugged away until it outshone everything else on TV." The Wire stands not only as riveting drama but also as a sociopolitical treatise with ambitions beyond any television serial. The failure of the drug war, the betrayal of the working class, the bureaucratization of the culture and the cost to individual dignity -- such are the themes of the drama's first two seasons. And with every new episode of season three and beyond, another layer of modern urban life will be revealed. Gritty, densely layered, and realistic, The Wire is series television at its very best, told from the point of view of the Baltimore police, their targets, and many of those caught in the middle. Rafael Alvarez -- a reporter, essayist, and staff writer for the show -- brings the reader inside, detailing many of the real-life incidents and personalities that have inspired the show's storylines and characters, providing the reader with insights into the city of Baltimore -- itself an undeniable character in the series. Packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by series creator and executive producer David Simon, as well as essays by acclaimed authors George Pelecanos, Laura Lippman, and Anthony Walton, here is an invaluable resource for both fans of the show and viewers who have yet to discover The Wire. Hollywood has long used the cop drama to excite and entertain, and Hollywood has always dictated the terms. But The Wire is filmed entirely in Baltimore, conceived by Baltimoreans, and written by rust-belt journalists and novelists intimately familiar with the urban landscape. It's as close as television has yet come to allowing an American city to tell its own tale. 105616 14 9 2004 The Wire: Truth Be Told total:50|5:9|4:16|3:19|2:6| 50 178 79 14 5 1 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Dec 08 12:44:58 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 12:53:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 02 14:38:45 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 14:47:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 15 22:41:59 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 09 20:55:00 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 10:33:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:56:19 -0700 2009
Loved this book. I want to read everything there is on the behind-the-scenes wire stuff. LOVED the casting stories and the shooting information. I wanted more, goddammit. more interviews with cast and crew, more info on baltimore shennanigans, more production stories. MORE OMAR...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 14:27:38 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 14:29:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 18:50:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:51:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 12 13:03:29 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 13:03:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 20:26:21 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:27:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:35:40 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 18:02:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 12 20:39:59 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 20:42:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 04 08:47:49 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 18:59:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 11:05:05 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 11:06:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 16:21:11 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 16:22:19 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 12:09:50 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:17:22 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 12:22:20 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:22:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 17:15:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 17:15:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 14:29:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:30:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 13:35:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:35:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 09:54:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:54:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 21:35:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 21:35:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=109594