Pill City - by Kevin Deutsch (Hardcover)
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<p>"<i><b>PILL CITY</b></i> deftly touches a range of national issues as it sings the ballad of Brick and Wax, including urban crime, addiction, race, mental health, sexual abuse, encryption, entrepreneurship and the tech industry . . . Leaving aside the national and political issues, the gritty human drama in <i><b>PILL CITY</b></i> has enough layers and drama to make a great movie or series, complete with two nerds from the projects pulling down $5 million and a climax both violent and redemptive. Mr. Scorsese? Mr. Simon? Mr. Fuqua?"--<b><i>Newsweek</i></b> <p/>In a remarkable feat of discovery, Deutsch exposes the perpetrators and victims in America's opiate wars and those who are risking their lives to undermine their criminal enterprise. He takes a deep dive into a surprise addendum to the riots in Baltimore that followed the death of Freddie Gray, who died from injuries sustained while in police custody in April 2015. Deutsch lets the authentic and powerful voices of those involved reveal the ruthless tactics employed to dominate the illegal drug markets and the equally dramatic efforts by law enforcement to curtail and repair their damage.--<b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>Streetwise, brutal, deeply researched and filled with candid interviews from both sides of the law, <i>Pill City</i> is true-crime reporting with an edge.--<b><i>Shelfawareness</i></b> <p/>America's urban crisis has never been more alive, more shocking, than in PILL CITY. Reminiscent of HBO's The Wire, Kevin Deutsch's stunning investigation show how a $100 million fortune in opiates--heroin and pills--was stolen during the 2015 Baltimore riots following the death of Freddie Gray and then spread and sold illegally across the nation, compounding one tragedy with another. With this harrowing account from the encrypted Dark Web and our bloody streets, Kevin Deutsch proves himself among today's most insightful and eloquent observers of criminal life in the United States.<b>-- Thomas Maier, author/producer of Showtime's Masters of Sex</b> <p/>An astonishing feat of reportage. PILL CITY is an almost unbelievable tale and journalist Kevin Deutsch tells it masterfully. His unflinching look at the choices two brilliant young men from Baltimore make in search of their American Dream goes behind the headlines and illuminates the heartbreaking complexity of today's opioid epidemic. A shocking, important book.<b>--Julia Dahl, author of Invisible City</b> <p/><b></b>PILL CITY is in the best tradition of true-crime writing. It belongs on your shelf next to the books of David Simon and Sebastian Junger.<b>--Michael LaForgia, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for local reporting for <i>The Tampa Bay Times</i> </b></p>
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