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Includes pieces by top crime writers like Michael Connelly and Irvine Welsh on David Simon's masterpiece, as well as episode guides that take on such themes as the women of The Wire, fathers and sons, and food in The Wire
Multi-layered, morally-challenging, and action-packed—The Wire is an epic novel in the form of a television program. Nothing like it has been made before and—to its millions of fans—nothing as good will ever be made again. It is a show that prompts endless debate, and the debates continue here. Is Omar Little the coolest criminal since Robin Hood? Which series has the best theme tune? Will Bubbles survive Baltimore? Avon or Stringer? How does McNulty have so much success with women? With the show now over, these and hundreds of other questions are discussed in this brilliant collection of features and comments from the Guardian's Wire Re-up blog. Together with interviews with the show's creators and stars, running totals per episode (murders, Bunk drunk, Herc screw-ups, and much more), and a quiz created by the stars themselves, this book will guarantee fans that one last fix they've been craving.
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"The best TV show since the invention of radio" -- Charlie Brooker
About the Author
Steve Busfield is the head of media and technology at the Guardian who launched a blog especially devoted to The Wire. Paul Owen is a Guardian journalist.
If you are a true fan of "The Wire" and want to read an in depth book about the show and its' creators, skip this book. It is mostly filled with short recaps of the episodes and lots of fan blogs for each one. Buy "The Wire - Truth Be Told" by Rafael Alvarez instead. You'll be glad you did.
I was excited to read "The Guardian guide", but I can't see how this merits that title. It's largely a bunch of quick blog entries and user comments upon those blogs.
As already suggested: skip this, get "Truth Be Told" instead.
I bought this book as gift for someone who loved the show...and I gotta say it's not really a "guide" to the show. It's more of quotes from fan's and what they think are the greatest episodes or characters. I don't recommend this book, unless you absolutely must have every book on The Wire.
