The Wire: Truth Be Told - Softcover

Simon, David; Alvarez, Rafael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847675999 ISBN 13: 9781847675996

Verlag: Canongate Books Ltd., 2010

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THE WIRE is one of the most critically acclaimed drama series in the history of television. Over its five seasons it built up a rich and layered portrait of Baltimore: its hardened police force, its corner boys, its dock workers and its politicians. <i>The Wire: Truth Be Told</i> brings the reader inside this world: packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by David Simon, it covers all five seasons in glorious detail.

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<p>RAFAEL ALVAREZ was born in Baltimore in 1958 and educated at Catholic schools. He received an English degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1981.<br><br>His books include <i>Orlo and Leini</i>, a collection of short fiction, and <i>Storyteller</i>, an anthology of his two decades of feature reporting for the <i>Baltimore Sun</i>. <br><br>In 2009, Alvarez published an essay on the expansive nature of storytelling - as evidenced in his fiction and THE WIRE - in <i>Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives</i>, released by the MIT Press of Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br><br>DAVID SIMON's <i>Homicide: A Year in the Killing Streets</i> won the Edgar and Anthony Awards and became the basis for the award-winning NBC drama. Simon's second book, <i>The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood</i>, co-authored with Ed Burns, was made into an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries. Simon was an executive writer and producer for HBO's Peabody Award-winning series THE WIRE. He lives in Baltimore. <br><br>Other contributors: Victor Paul Alvarez, Michael A. Fletcher, Greg Garland, Nick Hornby, Joy Lusco Kecken, Laura Lippman, Ann DeLordo, George Pelecanos, Deborah Rudacille, Tom Waldron, Anthony Walton and William F. Zorzi.</p>

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• Verlag: Canongate Books Ltd.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1847675999
• ISBN 13: 9781847675996
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624
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