{"product_id":"ghettoside-a-true-story-of-murder-in-america","title":"Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eA masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - \u003c\/b\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - The Boston Globe \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The Economist - The Globe and Mail \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e BookPage \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as soon as the case is assigned to Detective John Skaggs, the odds shift. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eGhettoside \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGhettoside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterful . . . gritty reporting that matches the police work behind it.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Moving and engrossing.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Penetrating and heartbreaking . . . \u003ci\u003eGhettoside\u003c\/i\u003e points out how relatively little America has cared even as recently as the last decade about the value of young black men's lives.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Functions both as a snappy police procedural and--more significantly--as a searing indictment of legal neglect . . . Leovy's powerful testimony demands respectful attention.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"One World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936991641831,"sku":"9780385529990","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_8c87898e-4a81-4e06-b77b-8f101d2648de.jpg?v=1774995826","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/ghettoside-a-true-story-of-murder-in-america","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}