![]() ![]() ![]() It too made a mark on the small screen, as an HBO miniseries in 2000. Simon's next book, The Corner (1997), was written with retired detective Edward Burns it was the product of another year-long immersion, this time in a West Baltimore neighborhood ravaged by the drug trade and the drug war. The product of 12 months immersed in the Baltimore homicide unit, it was quickly acclaimed as a classic of contemporary journalism and soon inspired a TV series, NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999). It does not wrap up a case every hour, has no clear-cut heroes and few clear-cut villains, and is willing to explore the ways that life in the middle of a police hierarchy and life in the middle of a criminal syndicate might produce the same frustrations.Īt the center of The Wire is creator-producer-writer David Simon, 44, a veteran of the Baltimore Sun who rose to national prominence with his 1991 book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. ![]() It's a show about cops and criminals, but it doesn't follow any genre formulas. ![]() The Wire, entering its third season, is sometimes described as a Baltimore-based crime show, but that's a little misleading. On September 19 an often-overlooked gem will return to HBO. ![]()
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