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Ghettoside

A True Story of Murder in America

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Ghettoside

By: Jill Leovy
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Economist • The Globe and Mail • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews

On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man is shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes away from his home, one of the thousands of black Americans murdered that year. His assailant runs down the street, jumps into an SUV, and vanishes, hoping to join the scores of killers in American cities who are never arrested for their crimes.

But as soon as the case is assigned to Detective John Skaggs, the odds shift.

Here is the kaleidoscopic story of the quintessential, but mostly ignored, American murder—a “ghettoside” killing, one young black man slaying another—and a brilliant and driven cadre of detectives whose creed is to pursue justice for forgotten victims at all costs. Ghettoside is a fast-paced narrative of a devastating crime, an intimate portrait of detectives and a community bonded in tragedy, and a surprising new lens into the great subject of why murder happens in our cities—and how the epidemic of killings might yet be stopped.

Praise for Ghettoside

“A serious and kaleidoscopic achievement . . . [Jill Leovy is] a crisp writer with a crisp mind and the ability to boil entire skies of information into hard journalistic rain.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times

“Masterful . . . gritty reporting that matches the police work behind it.”—Los Angeles Times

“Moving and engrossing.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Penetrating and heartbreaking . . . Ghettoside points out how relatively little America has cared even as recently as the last decade about the value of young black men’s lives.”—USA Today

“Functions both as a snappy police procedural and—more significantly—as a searing indictment of legal neglect . . . Leovy’s powerful testimony demands respectful attention.”—The Boston Globe Violence in Society Social Sciences Murder Crime Sociology Law Thought-Provoking True Crime Biographies & Memoirs
Compelling Journalism • Thorough Research • Clear Pronunciation • Balanced Perspective • Eye-opening Insights

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The book helps understanding violence in LA during the 1990s and early 2000s when the causes and how violence grows.

Great read

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This narrative persents the facts in a gripping way. a great read! a great read!

Good book on an interesting topic.

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It's hard to imagine why it took so long for this powerful perspective to be told as it is. It tells of the important price we've paid year after year, letting young people fall into violence. Heartbreaking.

Important! Especially if you call L.A. 'home'.

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Eye opening book. Narrator can be slow and a little boring. Once you get going it's worth it. Recommend for anyone looking for a true crime book.

Good book slow reader

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Compelling story written in a cogent narrative style. The author intercalates crime statistics to support conclusions and provides greater context. The story itself is devastating and will provoke thought and reflection.

Devastating

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