Detroit

An American Autopsy

Author  Charlie LeDuff
Detroit

An explosive exposé of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize­–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff

“One cannot read Mr. LeDuff's amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold eye he casts on hard truths . . . A little gonzo, a little gumshoe, some gawker, some good-Samaritan—it is hard to ignore reporting like Mr. LeDuff's.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Pultizer-Prize-winning journalist LeDuff . . . writes with honesty and compassion about a city that’s destroying itself–and breaking his heart.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A book full of both literary grace and hard-won world-weariness.” —Kirkus
 
Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches the ruins of Detroit for clues to his family’s troubled past. Having led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to…

$25.00
January 28, 2014
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