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Devil's Night

And Other True Tales of Detroit

by Ze'ev Chafets
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A New York Times Notable Book
On Devil’s Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the “Murder Capital of America” often seems lit by those same fires. But as a native Detroiter, Ze’ev Chafets also shows us the city beneath the crime statistics—its ecstatic storefront churches; its fearful and embittered white suburbs; its cops and criminals; and the new breed of black officials who are determined to keep Detroit running in the midst of appalling dangers and indifference.

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  • Release date

    September 3, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9780804171410

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      • ISBN: 9780804171410
      • File size: 2639 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 30, 1991
      Chafets interviews Detroiters about the Motor City's decline and shows how ``Devil's Night,'' the night before Halloween, evolved from an evening of pranks into one of rampant arson. ``An enormously unsettling read and a tragically accurate picture of a dying metropolis,'' said PW but criticized ``the author's penchant for sweeping generalizations and his tendency to shy away from tougher issues.''

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