Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets in The Wire

Dec 11, 2007 Julia rated it really liked it

David Simon spent over a year in the homicide division of the Baltimore city police. After some rites of passage, the detectives accepted his presence and allowed him to be their shadow for the year.

This is an amazing look inside the work and play of these detectives and inside the types of murders that occur in what could be almost any city. The names are real; The descriptions of the crime scenes and suspects are real; even the interrogations are real.

This was huge undertaking, and Simon han ...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Prakriti rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I shall write more about Homicide after I've been able to assimilate all of it in my head, but for now let me say that this is an exemplary piece of journalism, in the same mould perhaps as Hell's Angels. It's an incredibly honest book, busting impressions and expectations as de rigueur. Highly recommended. ...more

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Oct 02, 2007 Scoobs rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: tofinishsomedaysoon

Reading Homicide and watching The Wire gives you an insiders view of police/detective work in one of the most dangerous cities out there, Murdermore (Baltimore)
Why would anyone would want to be a Homicide detective? You got me.

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Jun 08, 2009 Louise Tobin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2009, crime, the-wire-writers

It took me a bit to get through this book but it was more than worth it. I don't think you'll find a better book written about a poh-leece department. One of the best books I've read. Amazing. ...more

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