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2020 selection · Nonfiction
I Got A Monster: The Rise And Fall Of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
I Got A Monster: The Rise And Fall Of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad by Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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