Old School Books - The Jones Men for Classic Literature Lovers
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“The best street novel I ever read until now was Little Caesar. The Jones Men exceeds it in importance. The Jones Men is a work of art. ―Richard Condon, author of The Manchurian Candidate This streetwise novel chronicles the rise and fall of Lonnie Jack, a twenty-six-year-old Vietnam veteran and mid-level heroin dealer itching to knock the powerful Willis McDaniel off his perch as the number-one drug kingpin. It plunges the reader into the subculture of addicts, dealers, and corrupt cops as Lonnie Jack's bold and methodical challenge builds to a frightening climax.
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What works best for this book also works against it. When you read this with the context of when it is written, it appears to be revolutionary. However, so many have repeated the concepts of this book in both book and television/film form that you can't help but know everything that is going to happen. There are reasons they called this 'The Wire before there was The Wire' ... it is virtually the same.I enjoyed the book, don't get me wrong, but sadly I was reading this in 2014, not 1974 and at times I found myself bored. Historically good, presently average.
