Reporters had no idea hundreds of kids were trapped inside and no concept of the echo chamber in full bloom. The cops knew. The detective force was assembling teams to interview every survivor, and they knew hundreds of their best witnesses were still inside, getting compromised by the minute. But the cops had no means [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Crime'
Don’t Tell Us Where You Are – “Columbine” – Dave Cullen
November 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Crime, Journalism, Sociology, The Media
A Hanging - “Fifty Orwell Essays” – George Orwell
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Capital Punishment, Colonialism, Crime, Humanism, Philosophy
It was about forty yards to the gallows. I watched the bare brown back of the prisoner marching in front of me. He walked clumsily with his bound arms, but quite steadily, with that bobbing gait of the Indian who never straightens his knees. At each step his muscles slid neatly into place, the lock [...]
It’s Not Fair on the Music – Anthony Burgess – “A Clockwork Orange”
February 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Crime, Culture, Music
“I don’t mind about the ultra-violence and all that cal. I put up with that. But it’s not fair on the music. It’s not fair I should feel ill when I’m slooshying lovely Ludwig van and G. F. Handel and others. All that shows you’re an evil lot of bastards and I shall never forgive [...]
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Christmas Morning in Bourke – “Children of the Bush” – Henry Lawson
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Crime
It was Christmas morning, and there was peace in Bourke and goodwill towards all men. There hadn’t been a fight since yesterday evening, and that had only been a friendly one, to settle an argument concerning the past ownership, and, at the same time, to decide as to the future possession of a dog.
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The Most Popular Gun in American Crime – “Rum Punch” – Elmore Leonard.
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Crime, Fiction, Noir
Louis, you adding up these numbers? … This TEC-9? They advertise it as being ‘as tough as your toughest customer.’ Say it’s the ‘most popular gun in American crime.’ No lie, they actually say that.
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If You Like them Like That – “The Thin Man” – Dashiell Hammett
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Crime, Dialogue, Fiction, Noir, Writing
We found a table. Nora said: “She’s pretty.” “If you like them like that.” She grinned at me. “You got types?” “Only you, darling—lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.” “And how about the red-head you wandered off with at the Quinns’ last night?” “That’s silly,” I said. “She just wanted to show me some French etchings.”
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“McMafia”, Misha Glenny
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · China, Crime, Economics
Synopsis: Guns, Drugs and Women – Misha Glenny travels from Eastern Europe to South America, Africa, Israel, India, Dubai, Canada, China and Japan tracing the globalisation of crime since the early 1990s. The globalised economy may well be ‘Flat’, but it also casts one hell of a shadow. My Take: Misha Glenny is probably the [...]
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