Sarah's review of The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon
I initially read this book in '01 for a class in grad school. I decided to reread it after recently developing an obsession with the HBO series "The Wire" which was written by the same authors. The book is a journalistic exploration of the lives of people whose lives center around "the corner", part of Baltimore's open-air drug market. The book follows a number of people, from long-time addicts, to the director of the local rec center, to DeAndre McCullough, a 15-year old boy struggling with the lure of drug-dealing and living with two addict parents. The authors do an excellent job portraying each person's story honestly and compassionately. Further, the book provides an interesting social commentary on the failure of the war on drugs, poverty and addiction. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in those topics.
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