American gangster
By: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Tor; Melia [distributor]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York; Godalming
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780765359018
Subjects: Drug dealers; Heroin industry; Police; Fiction
Description: After the death of his mentor, Frank Lucas rises to become the drug czar of Harlem--a wealthy, successful, powerful, and untouchable kingpin--until the arrival of Richie Roberts, an honest NYPD drug enforcement investigator determined to bring him down.
Notes: Film tie-in.