Aye, but there's the rub. HOMICIDE is fiction, and it is
hardboiled; a
generally unflinching look at the men and women who, as
author David Simon
once put it, "Speak for the dead."
Maybe, now that I have an hour more reading time a week, I'll
re-read
Simon's non-fiction book that served as the basis for the
show.
Anyone on this list who ever enjoyed the show and hasn't read
the book
should do themselves a favor, and track down HOMICIDE: A YEAR
ON THE
KILLING STREETS by Simon, and read it. It's fascinating to
read the real
life stories behind some of the show's characters, and the
wear and tear
they go through in twelve months working homicide in
Baltimore. Ho-hum,
another year, another 200 or so murders.
Kevin Smith
The Thrilling Detective Web Site
http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
This month: True Confessions, and a new Matthew Dain story by
Chris Mills.
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