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Some people need killing : a memoir of murder in my country / Patricia Evangelista.
Van Pelt Library DS686.616.D88 E93 2023
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DS686.616.D88 E93 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evangelista, Patricia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philippines--Politics and government--21st century.
- Philippines.
- Duterte, Rodrigo Roa, 1945-.
- Duterte, Rodrigo Roa.
- Extrajudicial executions--Philippines.
- Extrajudicial executions.
- Drug control--Philippines.
- Drug control.
- Drug dealers--Violence against--Philippines.
- Drug dealers.
- Drug addicts--Violence against--Philippines.
- Drug addicts.
- Police brutality--Philippines.
- Police brutality.
- Vigilantes--Philippines.
- Vigilantes.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 428 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Memoir of murder in my country
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2023]
- 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 areworth less than others"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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
- Acts of contrition
- Epilogue : We Are Duterte.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Evangelista, Patricia. Some people need killing
- ISBN:
- 9780593133132
- 0593133137
- OCLC:
- 1375188300
- Publisher Number:
- 99994857200
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