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The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood by Edward Burns, David Simon
2 reviews
sherif's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
It’s difficult to believe how much effort Simon and Burns put into this work of journalism. The book is almost 26 years old at this point, and I wonder how much it can still describe the world of drug addiction and abuse today. My guess is that it does to some extent; some of the societal faults and our contributions to them are still the same. But it must also be outdated to a significant degree since it knows nothing of opioid crises and knows nothing about fentanyl.
It’s risky to base your knowledge of something as big and complicated as drug addiction on any one source. If I were to build a collection of courses for building understanding of drug addiction, I would add this book to the set including Dopesick and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.
It’s risky to base your knowledge of something as big and complicated as drug addiction on any one source. If I were to build a collection of courses for building understanding of drug addiction, I would add this book to the set including Dopesick and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
joufancyhuh's review against another edition
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Confinement and Police brutality
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