Murder City

Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

Charles Bowden

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Nation Books
22 March 2011

True crime; History; History of the Americas; Drugs trade & trafficking

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 the town's descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juarez's culture of violence will not only worsen but inevitably spread north.

By: Charles Bowden
Imprint: Nation Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781568586458
ISBN 10: 1568586450
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 22 March 2011
Recommended Age: From 13 to 99 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The recipient of a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Sidney Hillman Award, Charles Bowden is the critically-acclaimed author of many books including Down by the River, A Shadow in the City, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing. He is a contributing editor of GQ and Mother Jones magazine, and writes for other magazines including Harper's Magazine, New York Times Book Review. Bowden lives in Tuscon, Arizona.