From inside the Federal Witness Protection Program, the "Black Godfather" chronicles the 1970s New York City underworld and the most devastating urban crime wave in history. 1962 LEROY "NICKY" BARNES walks out of Green Haven State Prison. There are an estimated 153,000 heroin abusers in the United States. 1977 Two million junkies score $100 million worth of Barnes's smack a year. Sporting flashy suits, riding in a Citroen with a Maserati engine and satisfying a wife while pleasuring a harem of mistresses, Barnes presides ...
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From inside the Federal Witness Protection Program, the "Black Godfather" chronicles the 1970s New York City underworld and the most devastating urban crime wave in history. 1962 LEROY "NICKY" BARNES walks out of Green Haven State Prison. There are an estimated 153,000 heroin abusers in the United States. 1977 Two million junkies score $100 million worth of Barnes's smack a year. Sporting flashy suits, riding in a Citroen with a Maserati engine and satisfying a wife while pleasuring a harem of mistresses, Barnes presides over a staggering multinational dealership that pushes dope and launders money with the efficiency of a Fortune 500 company. Despite President Nixon's creation of the Drug Enforcement Administration and New York State's adoption of the no tolerance Rockefeller drug laws, Barnes's operation seems impregnable. How does a small-time hustler and heroin addict end up on the cover of the New York Times Magazine as MR. UNTOUCHABLE, the one gangster the Feds can't touch? And how is the future Mayor of New York City Rudolf Giuliani involved? With Machiavellian pragmatism matched with biblical fury, Barnes lays bare his life's remarkable trajectory--a rise, fall and resurrection defined by brutality, brotherhood and betrayal.
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Good. Size: 6x1x9; 1st edition, 1st printing. Moderate wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
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First Edition, 2007; First Printing w/ full number line; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Very Good condition w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An exceptional copy, fit for any collectors library; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard cover, illustrated boards in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, clips or creases. tight binding. appears unused.; 308pp.
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BOOK FINE. DUSTJACKET NEW. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 308 pages. NOT an ex-library copy or a remainder. RARE.