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In the 1970s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in more than a million dollars a day. There were so many heroin addicts buying from him on 116th Street that he claimed the Transit Authority had to change the bus routes to avoid them. He lived a glamorous life, hobnobbing with athletes, musicians, and politicians, but Lucas was also a ruthless gangster. He was notorious for using the coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States and before his fall, when he was sentenced to seventy years in prison, he played a major role in the near death of New York City. In American Gangster, Mark Jacobson's captivating account of the life of Frank Lucas (the basis for the forthcoming major motion picture) joins other tales of New York City from the past thirty years. The collection features a number of Jacobson's most famous essays, as well as previous unpublished work and recent articles on 9/11 conspiracy theorists, America's #1 escort, and Harlem's own Charlie Rangel, the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. American Gangster is a vibrant, intoxicating, many-layered portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the world, by one of the most acclaimed journalists of our time.
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"A brilliant collection by one of our most valuable journalists."
"Nothing less than a riveting snapshot of life in the 'modern world.'"
"Personal, savvy journalism that will make readers stop in their tracks and ponder. Provocation, in a word, and Jacobson will trade you slap for slap."
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"Nothing less than a riveting snapshot of life in the 'modern world.'"
"Personal, savvy journalism that will make readers stop in their tracks and ponder. Provocation, in a word, and Jacobson will trade you slap for slap."
The untold story of Frank Lucas, New York's most notorious drugs lord during the 1970s. Now a blockbuster movie, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
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- PublisherEinaudi
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 8806191926
- ISBN 13 9788806191924
- BindingPaperback
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Book Description Condition: OTTIMO USATO. Einaudi. Stile libero big ITALIANO IL LIBRO È USATO, PERTANTO POTREBBE PRESENTARE LIEVI DIFETTI/IMPERFEZIONI. LA FOTO CORRISPONDE AL LIBRO IN VENDITA. Frank Lucas ha trascorso gli anni Settanta rifornendo di droga la sua Harlem. Con un piccolo dettaglio: per fare arrivare la polvere bianca sulle strade di NY ha usato le bare dei marines uccisi in Vietnam. Si dice che una partita di eroina particolamente abbondante sia tornata in America con lo stesso aereo di Henry Kissinger, in visita in Cambogia. Lucas ha fatto la vita del gran signore, amico di politici, pugili e cantanti, ma è anche stato capace di uccidere un uomo con le sue mani. E ancora oggi, dopo ventisette anni di carcere, basta un lampo improvviso nei suoi occhi per terrorizzare chiunque. American Gangster è la sua storia, ma è anche la storia di NY, esplorata con la cura e l'amore profondo del grande reporter di strada. Dal nuovo re delle Triadi di Chinatown al solitario rapinatore irlandese di Hell's Kitchen; dagli angoli piú malfamati del Lower East Side alle strade notturne esplorate da improvvisati e imberbi taxi driver, fino al mondo della prostituzione d'alto bordo. Traduttore: Conti, L. Numero pagine VIII-196. Il copyright dei dati è di Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl. Seller Inventory # ISI2890
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