The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061936472 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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An in-depth report that takes readers on a shocking tour through a macabre global underworld where organs, bones, and live people are bought and sold on the red market.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." From the horrifying to the ridiculous, he discovers its varied forms: an Indian village nicknamed "Kidneyvakkam" because most of its residents have sold their kidneys for cash; unscrupulous grave robbers who steal human bones from cemeteries, morgues, and funeral pyres for anatomical skeletons used in Western medical schools and labs; an ancient temple that makes money selling the hair of its devotees to wig makers in America -to the tune of $6 million annually. While local and international law enforcement have cracked down on the market, advances in science have increased the demand for human tissue—ligaments,
Scott Carney investigates both our insatiable need for replacement human parts and the uncanny and often disturbing ways we go about getting them.” (Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail)“The Red Market is an unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported. Carney knows how to tell a story and digs deeply. Carney writes with considerable narrative verve, slamming home the misery of what he has witnessed with passion and visceral detail. - New York TimesThe Red Market is a reminde
cmpm said A Summer Must-Read.. I first heard about The Red Market after reading an intriguing Publisher's Weekly interview [] with author/journo/anthropologist Scott Carney. Based on an investigative journalism series for Mother Jones during "A Summer Must-Read." according to cmpm. I first heard about The Red Market after reading an intriguing Publisher's Weekly interview [] with author/journo/anthropologist Scott Carney. Based on an investigative journalism series for Mother Jones during 2009 and 2010, Carney delves into the black market trade of th. 009 and "A Summer Must-Read." according to cmpm. I first heard about The Red Market after reading an intriguing Publisher's Weekly interview [] with author/journo/anthropologist Scott Carney. Based on an investigative journalism series for Mother Jones during 2009 and 2010, Carney delves into the black market trade of th. 010, Carney delves into the black market trade of th. Good intro story. Flat. Definitely one dimensional. The topic itself is subversive and secretive enough to provide it's own hook. However, after a riveting intro story about a dead student, the book seems to me to be a series of articles of different sellable human parts made into chapters.. "Great investigation into various businesses based on the human body" according to A. Menon. The Red Market is a fascinating investigation of various businesses based on the human body. It covers lots of different aspects of trading in the human body and explores both the market dynamics as well as the ethical issues surrounding the businesses. The author sheds li
Scott Carney is an investigative journalist with a decade of experience living and researching in India. . He lives in Long Beach, California.Peter Ganim is an actor, director, and since 2005, a narrator of audiobooks. He is a contributing editor at Wired magazine. His reporting has also appeared on NPR, CBC, BBC, and National Geographic TV, and in Mother