Blood Barrios

Dispatches from the World's Deadliest Streets

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Journalism, Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science

• Author: Alberto Arce
• ISBN: 9781786990525
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication: February 15, 2018
• Imprint: Zed Books
• Language: English

• Winner of the 2018 PEN Translates Award for Non-Fiction

• Author is an award winning journalist, and was the only foreign correspondent reporting from 'the world's most dangerous country' for several years

• An exposé of gang crime, police corruption and state violence in what is essentially a 'forgotten war'

• Reads like a fast-paced thriller, but the harrowing human stories of  the extreme brutality that has become part of the everyday are all real

• An eye-opening account for anyone interested in Central America, the war on drugs and human rights issues

• Features striking illustrations of everyday violence by the Honduran artist German Andino - some of which have actually been used by the Honduran police to identify and convict violent gang members

• Features and reviews in VICE, Guardian G2, Sunday Times Magazine, Prospect, New Statesman