The Scene (Old School Books)
Born in 1934, Clarence Cooper, Jr.'s life was shaped by incarceration and drug addiction. The intensity of addiction and the violence and greed he experienced on the streets are the basis forThe Scene, his first novel. First published in 1960, this explosive book depicts the hellish realism of the urban underground world of drug pushers, users and narcotics detectives. Upon its publication,The New York Herald Tribunesaid:  "Not even Nelson Algren'sThe Man With the Golden Armburns with the ferocious intensity you'll find here."