Vintage Vlog: Ghettoside
I head over to the west coast of America this week for a completely gripping account of homicide in the US. Jill Leovy's Ghettoside is perfect for anyone who loved The Wire or the Serial podcast. Written after several years embedded within the LAPD this is reportage of the highest order.
My interview with Garth Risk Halberg: / garth-risk-hallberg-city-on-fire-off-the-page
City on Fire editor, Alex Bowler, on what makes the book so special: • Editor's Notes: City on Fire
Hear the Ghettoside audio trailer: / ghettoside-by-jill-leovy
Catch up on Serial here: http://serialpodcast.org/
Ghettoside
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Why would you kill your neighbour?
Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this groundbreaking work of reportage takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic.
Through the gripping story of one particular murder – of an eighteen-year-old boy named Bryant Tennelle, gunned down one evening in spring for no apparent reason – and of its investigation by a brilliant, ferociously driven detective – a blond, surfer-turned-cop named John Skaggs – it reveals the true origins of such violence, explodes the myths surrounding policing and race and shows that the only way to reverse the cycle of violence is with justice.
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