Product Description

The prize-winning debut from an incendiary newvoice in contemporary fiction, 47th Street Blackis the story of JC and Mookie, whose rise in thegangster-driven ghettos of Chicago is as swift asit is brutal. Told from both perspectives, thestory follows their rise to power with Mookieas the de facto leader and JC as the enforcer,roles that land JC in jail for fifteen years,while Mookie takes over all of the South Side. Bythe time JC is paroled, the neighbourhood and thetwo men's lives are on an inexorable path to anexplosive confrontation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2841518 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Customer Reviews

My Review
47th Street Black was good, but I found it quite labourious. I'm not one to put a book down, and I had become impatient to finish it. In a nutshell, I felt the story could have been condensed to half of the book size.

It would be interesting to see it made into a film.