Edward Burns

Author of

The Corner

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Edward Burns served twenty years in the city police department. For much of that time, he worked as a detective in the homicide unit. He has collaborated with David Simon on The Corner, The Wire, Generation Kill, The Plot Against America and We Own This City.

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  • The Corner

    Cover artwork for 'The Corner' by David Simon, Edward Burns

    The Corner - A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood

    A devastating portrait of the American drugs war, from the creators of The Wire. ‘Mind-blowing . . . less a book, more a way of life’ The Times

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