The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by Edward Burns, David Simon

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

Edward Burns, David Simon

576 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction crime dark slow-paced
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The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Sim...

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Moods

dark 85%
sad 71%
challenging 64%
emotional 64%
informative 64%
reflective 57%
tense 28%
adventurous 7%
hopeful 7%

Pace

slow 57%
medium 42%

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