We owe a debt of gratitude to Charles Bowden for setting the record straight that we can't set the record straight in Juarez. I have been reading Bowden's work since I moved to Arizona twenty years ago and have learned over time that he is a stickler for facts. When he says the violence in Juarez has no simple explanation and has become systemic, almost a way of life that the living shrug off and erase from memory, I believe him. In "Murder City" he has written a literary Hurt Locker; he walks through the streets of Juarez unscathed. If he is unable to prevent the killing, he can at least report on what he sees and knows and feels after spending years in a place where, as he says, everyone is in play.
If you enjoyed "Murder City," try Mike Davis' "Planet of Slums" as a chaser.
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- ISBN13: 9781597773386
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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