The mirage
Zay N. Smith, Pamela Zekman · 2008
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About the book
Published two years after their award-winning newspaper series, this is the compelling, day-by-day account of two Sun-Times reporters who infiltrated the small businessman’s world to expose corruption within the Chicago government. Zekman and Smith bought The Mirage tavern, then sat back and recorded the parade of city inspectors, liquor vendors, tradesmen, and others with their sticky fingers extended. With evidence in hand, they shut down the bar and wrote a series of articles that have never been matched in intensity and long-term effect. The Mirage became synonymous with Chicago corruption. The journalistic accolades also flowed in, but the Zekman and Smith’s bid for the biggest—the Pulitzer Prize—was torpedoed, perhaps by jealous colleagues at another major metropolitan paper. This edition includes a new afterword by the authors.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Marion Street Press, Inc.
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781933338286
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