Murder City
Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
21 March 2011
Summary
Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad or Mogadishu. In Murder City , Charles Bowden has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants- a raped beauty queen, a repentant hit man, a journalist fleeing for his life- with a broader meditation on …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568586458 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568586450 |
| Author: | Charles Bowden |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Nation Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Edition: | First Trade Paper ed |
| Release Date: | 21 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 170mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Charles Bowden
Charles Bowden is a contributing editor for GQ and Mother Jones; he also writes for Harper’s, the New York Times Book Review, and Esquire. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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