# The corner

**Author(s):** David Simon, Edward Burns, Ed Burns
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-corner/verdict.json
**Genres:** true-crime, mystery, sociology
**Pages:** 628
**Publisher:** Canongate
**Published:** Mon Aug 29 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781847673176
**ISBN-10:** 1847673171
**ASIN:** B00BH0VT48
**Amazon categories:** Biographies & Memoirs > True Crime
**Amazon binding:** $10.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-corner

## Description

The notorious corner of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in Baltimore is a 24-hour open-air drug market that provides the economic fuel for a dying neighbourhood. Through the eyes of one broken family – two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough – Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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