{"product_id":"detroit-an-american-autopsy-9780143124467","title":"Detroit: An American Autopsy","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn explosive exposé of America's lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize­-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pultizer-Prize-winning journalist LeDuff . . . writes with honesty and compassion about a city that's destroying itself-and breaking his heart.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book full of both literary grace and hard-won world-weariness.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack 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 be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation's poorest. Once the vanguard of America's machine age--mass-production, blue-collar jobs, and automobiles--Detroit is now America's capital for unemployment, illiteracy, dropouts, and foreclosures. With the steel-eyed reportage that has become his trademark, and the righteous indignation only a native son possesses, LeDuff sets out to uncover what destroyed his city. He beats on the doors of union bosses and homeless squatters, powerful businessmen and struggling homeowners and the ordinary people holding the city together by sheer determination. \u003ci\u003eDetroit: An American Autopsy\u003c\/i\u003e is an unbelievable story of a hard town in a rough time filled with some of the strangest and strongest people our country has to offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie LeDuff \u003c\/b\u003eis a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, formerly at the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYork Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/i\u003e, and currently on Detroit's \u003ci\u003eFox 2 News\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUS Guys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWork and Other Sins\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives near Detroit.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655337611538,"sku":"9780143124467","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7aa0956f-45ff-42ee-838f-c87459739a32.jpg?v=1733379382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/detroit-an-american-autopsy-9780143124467","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}