The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City

by Nicholas Dawidoff

Book Overview

One New Haven summer evening in 2006, a retired grandfather was shot point-blank by a young stranger. A hasty police investigation culminated in innocent sixteen-year-old Bobby being sentenced to prison for thirty-eight years. New Haven native and acclaimed author Nicholas Dawidoff returned home and spent eight years reporting the deeper story of this injustice, and what it reveals about the enduring legacies of social and economic disparity.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324002026
• ISBN13: 9781324002024
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"