{"product_id":"books-the-killing-game-by-gary-webb","title":"The Killing Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eGary Webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. For over thirty-four years, he wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels. He had an almost magnetic effect to these kinds of stories, and it was almost as if the stories found him. It was his gift, and, ultimately, it was his downfall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was best known for his story Dark Alliance, written for the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e in 1996. In it Webb linked the CIA to the crack-cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the Iran Contra scandal. His only published book, \u003ci\u003eDark Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e is still a classic of contemporary journalism. But his life consisted of much more than this one story, and \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of his best investigative stories from his beginning at the \u003ci\u003eKentucky Post\u003c\/i\u003e to his end at the \u003ci\u003eSacramento News \u0026amp; Review.\u003c\/i\u003e It includes Webb's series at the \u003ci\u003eKentucky Post\u003c\/i\u003e on organized crime in the coal industry, at the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Ohio State's negligent medical board, and on the US military's funding of first-person shooter video games. \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a dedication to his life's work outside of \u003ci\u003eDark Alliance, \u003c\/i\u003e and it's an exhibition of investigative journalism in its truest form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53510422855953,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781583229323_b667fd8e-4512-4fe4-9586-73d569fef8fc.jpg?v=1778175057","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-killing-game-by-gary-webb","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}