JONATHAN ABRAMS is an award-winning journalist who writes for Bleacher Report. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Boys Among Men. He was previously a staff writer at Grantland, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times and is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
"A book that is sure to delight... Fans of The Wire can spend
hours debating the merits of their favorite characters. The book
features incisive recollections by all of them." - Associated
Press "From the moment The Wire ended, all I have wished for is
one more season. Jonathan Abrams has given us something just as
valuable -- the complete story of how something this wonderful,
rich, and intricate came to be. I treasured every episode of the
show, and I loved every word of this book. All The Pieces Matter is
a must-read for any fan of The Wire, or anyone who wants to know
how great art is made." - Mike Schur, creator of Parks and
Recreation, Brooklyn 99 and The Good Place
"Amazing...the stories Abrams tells deliver the same mix of
humor and despair that made The Wire worth writing so much about."
- The AV Club
"All the Pieces Matter makes for compulsive reading, whether
you're just getting up on The Wire or you know every episode by
heart. The Wire is like a book you pick up and reread every few
years. Now that book has the perfect companion."--Dallas Morning
News "Excellent....All the Pieces Matter renders the making of
The Wire in enough rich detail to please even its most ardent
fans....But it's the time capsule aspect Abrams captures, of The
Wire as a product of its particular moment, that may be the book's
most illuminating feature. It is, among its other merits, that
vanishingly rare thing: an honest treatment of the fraught
relationship between TV as business and TV as art."--Paste
Magazine "The definitive dissection of television's most
politically meaningful invention."-- Chuck Klosterman, New York
Times bestselling author of But What if We're Wrong? and I Wear The
Black Hat "The most serious attempt to contextualize the show as a
Great One since its series finale."
"Lovers of HBO's The Wire rejoice: journalist Abrams delivers a
comprehensive study of what goes into creating an acclaimed TV
show. Abrams indisputably has created a thorough examination of The
Wire's conception, production, and lingering cultural afterlife."
- Publisher's Weekly "The Wire is, in all likelihood, the
greatest television show in history. It was perfectly written,
perfectly casted, perfectly acted. And I didn't think it could any
better than it is. And yet, somehow, All The Pieces Matter, which
allows an unprecedented peek behind the show's curtain, does
exactly that. Imagine getting to talk to Da Vinci before a brush
stroke, or getting to talk to LeBron James mid-flight before dunk.
That's what this book is. Jonathan Abrams is a marvel."
- Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of The Rap
Yearbook "The best book ever written about the art and business
of television." - Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times bestselling
author of TV (The Book) and The Wes Anderson Collection Delves deep
into the show's creation and enduring legacy through interviews
with the actors, writers, and producers who brought the show to
life. Whether it's Dominic West reflecting on the allure of his
character Detective James McNulty or actor Michael B. Jordan
discussing the lasting impression of being in an ensemble cast of
primarily black actors, Abrams underscores the indelible mark the
show has left on actors and audience alike. Weaving all the
interviews together is the enduring connection between the city of
Baltimore and the creators of the show. - Library Journal
"Meticulous. Relentless. Occasionally hilarious. The same
adjectives you'd use to describe The Wire can also be applied to
Jonathan Abrams' essential oral history of the series. As it
turns out, the most humanistic drama in television history was
itself rife with compelling characters, complex politics and an
excess of whiskey. Abrams tracks down the stories behind every
beloved episode with the tenacity of Omar shopping for breakfast
cereal." - Andy Greenwald, host of The Watch and Talk the
Thrones "The Wire has thoroughly saturated popular culture in a way
few television dramas ever have. In their own words, the people
involved have given Jonathan Abrams a look at how it happenepd.
You come at a show like this, you best not miss. Abrams
doesn't."-- Charles P. Pierce, author of Idiot America. "All
the Pieces Matter will enrich first watches of The Wire, re-watches
of The Wire, and even occasional watches of key scenes from The
Wire on YouTube. It's an amazing companion to the series, no
matter your level of familiarity." - Todd VanDerWerff, Critic
at Large for Vox "Filled with revealing information from the
participants, intriguing tidbits, and show trivia, this compendium
will have fans scurrying back to their DVD sets." - Kirkus
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