num_pages: 224
description: “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.
language: English
title: The Jones Men
titlecomplete: The Jones Men (Old School Books)
genres: Crime, Novels, African American, Noir, Fiction, The United States Of America, Mystery
ratings_count: 196
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company