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Some people need killing, a memoir of murder in my country, Patricia Evangelista

Label
Some people need killing, a memoir of murder in my country, Patricia Evangelista
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Some people need killing
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1375188300
Responsibility statement
Patricia Evangelista
Sub title
a memoir of murder in my country
Summary
"'My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't wait very long.' Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte. Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war and Duterte's assault on the country's struggling democracy. For six years, Evangelista had the distinctive beat of chronicling the killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of Duterte's war on drugs - a war that has led to the slaughter of thousands - immersing herself in the world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of fear created when an elected president decides that some lives are worth less than others"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Positive -- The Surviving Majority -- Mascot for Hope -- The Rise of the Punisher -- Defend the Mayor -- Salvation -- How to Identify an Addict -- How to Kill an Addict -- My Friend Domingo -- Some People Need Killing -- Djastin with a 'D' -- My Father is a Policeman -- Epilogue : We Are Duterte
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Memoir of murder in my country
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