Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields - Brossura

Bowden, Charles

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ISBN 10: 1568586450 ISBN 13: 9781568586458

Casa editrice: Bold Type Books, 2011

Riassunto

Ciudad Juįrez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad or Mogadishu. In Murder City , Charles Bowden has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants- a raped beauty queen, a repentant hit man, a journalist fleeing for his life- with a broader meditation on the town's descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juįrez's culture of violence will not only worsen but inevitably spread north.

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L'autore:

Charles Bowden, the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Sidney Hillman Award, is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books, including Down by the River and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing. He is a contributing editor for GQ and Mother Jones, and also writes for Harpers, the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, and Aperture. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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• Editore: Bold Type Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1568586450
• ISBN 13: 9781568586458
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 361