Corner boy
By: Herbert Simmons.
Series: Old school books
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: African Americans -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Corner Boy is a powerful work of social realism that won the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1957. Jake Adams, at 18 years of age, strides the mean streets of his world like a conqueror. He has custom-made suits in his closet, drives a Buick Dynaflow, and has all the women he wants - all fruits of his success pushing dope for the Organization. His violent rise and fall offers an unforgettable portrait of life in an urban jungle.