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

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

First edition cover, featuring DeAndre McCullough
Author	David Simon and Ed Burns
Language	English
Genre	True crime
Publisher	Broadway
Publication date	September 2, 1997
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	560 pp
ISBN	0-7679-0030-8 (Hardcover first edition)
OCLC	36857674
Dewey Decimal	364.1/77/097526 21
LC Class	HV5833.B2 S55 1997

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood is a 1997 book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon and former Baltimore homicide detective Ed Burns. This book follows the lives of individuals who lived on the corner of Fayette Street and Monroe Street in West Baltimore over one year. It was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times.^[1]