{"product_id":"bad-city","title":"Bad City By Paul Pringle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pringle’s fast-paced book is a master class in investigative journalism... when institutions collude to protect one another, reporting may be our last best hope for accountability.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eSpotlight \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCatch and Kill \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal radiating across Los Angeles from one of the region''s most powerful institutions, a riveting tale from a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who investigated the shocking events and helped bring justice in the face of formidable odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn a cool, overcast afternoon in April 2016, a salacious tip arrived at the \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times \u003c\/i\u003ethat reporter Paul Pringle thought should have taken, at most, a few weeks to check out: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one of the University of Southern California’s shiniest stars—Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical school. Pringle, who’d long done battle with USC and its almost impenetrable culture of silence, knew reporting the story wouldn’t be a walk in the park. USC is one of the biggest employers in L.A., and it casts a long shadow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what he couldn’t have foreseen was that this tip would lead to the unveiling of not one major scandal at USC but two, wrapped in a web of crimes and cover-ups. The rot rooted out by Pringle and his colleagues at \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e would creep closer to home than they could have imagined—spilling into their own newsroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with details never before disclosed, Pringle goes behind the scenes to reveal how he and his fellow reporters triumphed over the city’s debased institutions, in a narrative that reads like L.A. noir. This is L.A. at its darkest and investigative journalism at its brightest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820912288126,"sku":"NW9781250824103","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781250824103.jpg?v=1786180098","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bad-city","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}