{"product_id":"ghettoside-investigating-a-homicide-epidemic-9781784700768","title":"Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MULTI-AWARD WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy would you kill your neighbour?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiveting … extraordinary … For long passages, it enveloped and transported me more completely than any other work of nonfiction I have ever read -- Ed Caesar * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eLucid, revelatory, superbly written, incredibly timely. I was astonished by Jill Leovy's \u003ci\u003eGhettoside \u003c\/i\u003ein which police and race in America are examined with forensic skill and furious, exceptional prose. Unmissable. -- Chris Cleave\u003cbr\u003eExceptional. This book will take an honoured place on the shelf that includes David Simon's classic \u003ci\u003eHomicide\u003c\/i\u003e -- Martin Amis\u003cbr\u003eFantastic. Not just a gritty, heart-wrenching, and telling book, but an important one. Everyone needs to read this book -- Michael Connelly\u003cbr\u003eThe best crime journalism since \u003ci\u003eSerial\u003c\/i\u003e * Esquire *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741238341975,"sku":"9781784700768","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ghettoside-investigating-a-homicide-epidemic-9781784700768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}