{"product_id":"the-combat-zone-jan-brogan-9781625346094","title":"The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice","description":"Shortlisted for the 2021 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction and the 2022 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Nonfiction Work \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the end of the 1976 football season, more than forty Harvard athletes went to Boston's Combat Zone to celebrate. In the city's adult entertainment district, drugs and prostitution ran rampant, violent crime was commonplace, and corrupt police turned the other way. At the end of the night, Italian American star athlete Andy Puopolo, raised in the city's North End, was murdered in a stabbing. Three African American men were accused of the crime. His murder made national news and led to the eventual demise of the city's red-light district. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starting with this brutal murder, \u003ci\u003eThe Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Puopolo family's struggle with both a devastating loss and a criminal justice system that produced two trials with opposing verdicts, all within the context of a racially divided Boston. Brogan traces the contentious relationship between Boston's segregated neighborhoods during the busing crisis; shines a light on a court system that allowed lawyers to strike potential jurors based purely on their racial or ethnic identity; and lays bare the deep-seated corruption within the police department and throughout the Combat Zone. What emerges is a fascinating snapshot of the city at a transitional moment in its recent past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Brogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625346093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625346094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bright Leaf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Agatha Awards - Nominee","brand":"Jan Brogan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053355528447,"sku":"9781625346094","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9155b298-20fd-4991-b9c1-c9fd627ad4b6.jpg?v=1685023891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-combat-zone-jan-brogan-9781625346094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}