Homicide

A masterpiece . . . Simon has exceptional literary gifts of eye and ear. Few novelists have written so well about the corrosiveness of the modern American city -- MARTIN AMIS
David Simon has single-handedly raised the bar for writing about crime, crime-fighting and the messy and imprecise business of justice to new and nearly unreachable levels . . . a work of tremendous ambition which made everything in the genre to follow irrelevant -- ANTHONY BOURDAIN
True genius * * Sunday Times * *
A hard-nosed classic * * GQ * *
An extraordinary book * * Guardian * *
Brilliant . . . desolate, sharp, poetic and passionate * * Financial Times * *
The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer -- NORMAN MAILER
A staggering work that is almost impossible to put down . . . a gripping depiction of America's culture of violence . . . Simon conjures up his subjects' individual personalities in three-dimensional detail. The detectives leap off these pages . . . A raw, revelatory and utterly real account of life and death in Baltimore * * Metro * *
The real delight is the discovery of Simon's perfect ear for dialogue; his masterful construction and pacing; and his empathy for his occasionally brutal but nevertheless inspirational subjects * * Observer * *
Simon does an extraordinary job of getting under the skin and into the minds of the police officers * * New York Times Book Review * *