Full name: Murder city: Ciudad Juarez and the global economy's new killing fields

Authors: Charles Bowden, Julian Cardona Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Crime, True crime, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781568586458 1568586450

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. In Murder City, Charles Bowden-one of the few journalists who spent extended periods of time in Juarez-has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants-a beauty queen who was raped, a repentant hitman, 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. Heartbreaking, disturbing, and unforgettable, Murder City was written at the height of his powers and established Bowden as one of America's leading journalists. Similar books: El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo Amexica by Ed Vulliamy Down by the River by Charles Bowden On the Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux