Show Me a Hero
€21.50
The compelling true story of a city divided by fear
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Description
In this highly acclaimed book (the basis of a new HBO miniseries, produced by David Simon, creator of The Wire) Lisa Belkin brings to life a landmark public housing case in Yonkers, New York in riveting detail. What began with a judge's order to build scattered-site public housing in middle-class neighbourhoods, ended in the near destruction of a city – sparking prejudices, fanning emotions into flame and eventually leading to murder and suicide. Belkin's sympathetic portrait of the people at the centre of this crisis – hopeful, fearful, greedy, manipulative, the gamut of human behaviour – is page-turning to its powerful, redemptive end.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.404 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20.3 × 12.7 × 2.1 cm |
| Book_author | Belkin, Lisa |
| Publisher | Pan Books |
| Imprint | Pan Books |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 368 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Main Market Ed. |
| Dewey | 305.8009747277 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
