The Wire: Truth Be ToldCanongate Books, 01.10.2009 - 592 Seiten '. . . All in the game.' West Baltimore Traditional THE WIRE has been widely hailed as the greatest television series of all time. It portrays the war of attrition between Baltimore's hardened police force and its drug dealers, and the blurring of good and evil, justice and injustice, right and wrong that happens every day as men and women struggle against the institutions they are bound up in. Over its five series it has built up a detailed, rich and layered portrait of Baltimore: from its corner boys touting dope and its dock workers facing extinction, through the strained education system and tainted halls of power, to the crumbling media establishment. Rafael Alvarez - a reporter, essayist and staff writer for the show - brings the reader inside this world, detailing many of the real-life incidents and personalities that have inspired the show's storylines and characters. Packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by series creator and executive producer David Simon, as well as essays by acclaimed authors George Pelecanos, Ed Burns, Richard Price, Laura Lippman and Denis Lehane, it covers all fives series in glorious detail. |
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
Letter to HBO | 32 |
SEASON | 45 |
The Women of The Wire No Seriously by Laura Lippman | 54 |
Episode Guide | 61 |
The Bunk and the Bunk | 70 |
A Snitch from a South Baltimore Alley | 89 |
QA with Little Melvin Williams | 104 |
SEASON FOUR | 287 |
Jen Ralston and the Sound of The Wire | 293 |
Episode Guide | 299 |
Omar | 311 |
Dennis Lehane and the Stolen Lollipops | 322 |
David Simon on Jamie Hector as Marlo Stanfield | 333 |
The Foundation of a Free Society by Tom Waldron | 341 |
Felicia Snoop Pearson by Ann LoLordo | 357 |
SEASON | 121 |
Union Man | 129 |
Episode Guide | 137 |
Angry Prince of Goofs | 153 |
DAngelo Wallace and Dukie | 162 |
The Legend of the Orange Sofa and the Unlikely | 175 |
The Rules of the Game by Anthony Walton | 196 |
SEASON THREE | 205 |
Episode Guide | 217 |
The Writers Ambition by George Pelecanos | 231 |
The Music of The Wire | 246 |
American Businessman | 264 |
The Politics of Baltimore by William F Zorzi | 272 |
Victory Undeclared | 281 |
An Interview with David Simon by Nick Hornby | 382 |
SEASON FIVE | 401 |
Cop Reporters and The Wire | 409 |
Episode Guide | 417 |
Not for Attribution | 432 |
Proposition Joe ShowTune Enthusiast | 442 |
Cameos and Stunt Casting | 457 |
Jimmy McNulty in Life and Letters | 485 |
Homage to the Quiet Man | 495 |
A Scene That Will Never Make the Bonus Disc | 506 |
Glossary | 515 |
Cast and Crew | 527 |
Acknowledgments | 559 |
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