| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 428 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-428). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Duterte, Rodrigo Roa, 1945-
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Extrajudicial executions -- Philippines.
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Drug control -- Philippines.
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Drug dealers -- Violence against -- Philippines.
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Drug addicts -- Violence against -- Philippines.
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Police brutality -- Philippines.
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Vigilantes -- Philippines.
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Philippines -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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HISTORY / Asia / General.
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Duterte, Rodrigo Roa, 1945- (OCoLC)fst01983595
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Drug control (OCoLC)fst01032891
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Extrajudicial executions (OCoLC)fst01202034
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Police brutality (OCoLC)fst01068571
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Vigilantes (OCoLC)fst01166910
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Philippines (OCoLC)fst01205261
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Added Title |
Memoir of murder in my country |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Evangelista, Patricia. Some people need killing First edition. New York : Random House, [2023] 9780593133156 (DLC) 2023019109 |
| ISBN |
9780593133132 (hardcover) |
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0593133137 (hardcover) |
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9780593133156 electronic book |
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