Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love - Brossura

Ruderman, Wendy; Laker, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 006208545X ISBN 13: 9780062085450

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2015

Riassunto

This gripping true story will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they follow two journalists—both middle-class working mothers—as they form an unlikely bond with a convicted street dealer to expose the dirty cops who are just as corrupt as the criminals they target. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Equal parts serious journalism and sisterly sass, Busted is a personable and fast-reading ride...a shoe-leather journalistic procedural set against the ticking clock of the failing newspaper industry.” (New York Times Book Review)

“The chick, noir version of All the President’s Men with a little Rocky... and a little almost anything with Rosalind Russell or Barbara Stanwyck.” (Washington Post)

“A riveting tale of two brave reporters who love what they do and are totally committed....engaging, down to earth and at times, very funny.” (USA Today)

“Busted is a very good book about very bad people, a great read about great injustice....Busted is proof that journalism still lives, still matters.” (Newsweek)

“The new book Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love is the chick, noir version of All the President’s Men.” (Washington Post)

“I admire Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker, who are not only Pulitzer-Prize winning journalists, but fearless and fascinating women. Busted reads like a turbo-charged thriller, all the more compelling because it’s true. Pick up a copy, and you won’t be able to put it down.” (Lisa Scottoline)

“A story that not only pounds at the door to come inside, but stands as a much-needed reminder that newspapers are and always have been and, as far as I know, always will be the bedrock of the art of journalism.” (Pete Dexter, journalist and author of National Book Award-winner Paris Trout)

“Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love is the scorching, devastating, and action-packed story of two journalists’ journey into the dark heart of a major city....Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker are true heroes.... I love this book.” (Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author)

“Busted is a thoroughly engaging...trip into Philadelphia’s underworld, where cops prey on those they are pledged to protect.... Rich with character and incident, it’s a complete original, and a love letter to newspapers in their hour of dire need.” (Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down)

“Busted is a taut, gritty story of drug dealers and corrupt cops written with passion, fury and what Philadelphians refer to as attitude (pronounced ‘atty-tood’). Ruderman and Laker have a lot of that, which is why they’re two of the best reporters in the country.” (George Anastasia, author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangster)

L'autore:

A reporter at the Philadelphia Daily News, Wendy Ruderman has worked at several media outlets, including the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, WHYY-TV and WHYY-FM, the Trenton Times, the Associated Press, and the Bergen Record.

Barbara Laker has worked for several newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Times Herald, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. She began working at the Philadelphia Daily News in 1993 and has since been a general assignment reporter, an assistant city editor, and an investigative reporter.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 006208545X
• ISBN 13: 9780062085450
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242