The Jones Men

By Vern E. Smith

Book Overview

This streetwise novel chronicles the rise and fall of Lonnie Jack, a twenty-six-year-old Vietnam veteran and mid-level heroin dealer itching to knock the powerful Willis McDaniel off his perch as the number-one drug kingpin. It plunges the reader into the subculture of addicts, dealers, and corrupt cops as Lonnie Jack's bold and methodical challenge builds to a frightening climax.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393317072
• ISBN13: 9780393317077
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The Emerging Drug Trade!

I felt like I was there living the experience...MackDaddy at His Best!The Jones Men was a Chapter One BookClub Selection. As such, it's not a book that I would have selected on my own. However,The Jones Men is a short, quick, easy to read story and also a well-written novel which chronicles the lives and times of drug dealers in a major city during the `70s. The story's primary protagonist/antagonist...depending on which side of the law you're on...Lennie Jack, is a young, up & coming heroin dealer who's primary goal at the moment is to knock off the number-one drug kingpin-Willis McDaniel. Mr. Smith takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the dens of addicts, dealers and corrupt cops as Lennie Jack and Willis McDaniel come face to face.The Jones Men was written in the '70s so it seems a little outdated, however, that aside,the novel is exciting, filled with drama, action, mystery and suspense and will keep you quite entertained until the last page.

Brilliantly written

If you have read any books by Donald Goines or Iceberg Slim, you will love these books!!! They take you on a mental ride, if you have never lived in the ghetto you may not understand, but if you have it will take you on a high speed ride.....