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Author Carney, Scott M., 1969-

Title The red market : on the trail of the world's organ brokers, bone thieves, blood farmers, and child traffickers / Scott Carney.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.15 CARNEY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.15 CARNEY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.15 CAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.15 C21    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.15 CAR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.15 CARNEY    DUE 05-11-24
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  364.15 CARNEY    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.15 CA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-245) and index.
Contents Preface : dead end -- Introduction : man vs. meat -- Body alchemy -- The bone factory -- Kidney prospecting -- Meet the parents -- Immaculate conception -- Cash on delivery -- Blood money -- Clinical labor of guinea pigs -- Immortal promises -- Black gold -- Afterword : Ode to Loretta Hardesty.
Summary Investigative journalist Scott Carney has spent five years on the ground tracing the lucrative and deeply secretive trade in human bodies and body parts, a vast hidden economy known as the "red market."
Subject Organ trafficking.
Organ trafficking victims.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Child trafficking.
ISBN 9780061936463 hardback $25.99
0061936464 hardback
9780061936470 trade pbk.
0061936472 trade pbk.
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