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.
The Red Market reveals the rise, fall, and resurgence of this
multibillion-dollar under-ground trade through history, from early
medical study and modern universities to poverty-ravaged Eurasian
villages and high-tech Western labs; from body snatchers and
surrogate mothers to skeleton dealers and the poor who sell body
parts to survive. While local and international law enforcement
have cracked down on the market, advances in science have increased
the demand for human tissue--ligaments, kidneys, even rented space
in women's wombs--leaving little room to consider the ethical
dilemmas inherent in the flesh-and-blood trade. At turns tragic,
voyeuristic, and thought-provoking, The Red Market is an
eye-opening, surreal look at a little-known global industry and its
implications for all our lives.
General
| Imprint: |
William Morrow
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2011 |
| First published: |
May 2011 |
| Authors: |
Scott Carney
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 146 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
254 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-193646-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-06-193646-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780061936463 |
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