A journalist spends a year (1988) embedded in the Baltimore PD homicide division. Forensically analyses every aspect of the murder investigation from crime scene all the way through to trial.
The book, and the work behind it, became the primary inspiration for Simon’s subsequent television work Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire.
Leroi uses classical “mutant” forms of the Human Body to examine the processes and mechanisms of how the body builds and maintains itself. Expertly explains quite complex biological concepts in an understandable and engaging way and breaks down the myths and stories around real life" monsters".
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon.
A journalist spends a year (1988) embedded in the Baltimore PD homicide division. Forensically analyses every aspect of the murder investigation from crime scene all the way through to trial.
The book, and the work behind it, became the primary inspiration for Simon’s subsequent television work Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire.
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi.
Leroi uses classical “mutant” forms of the Human Body to examine the processes and mechanisms of how the body builds and maintains itself. Expertly explains quite complex biological concepts in an understandable and engaging way and breaks down the myths and stories around real life" monsters".