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Author Green, Jonathan (Journalist), author.

Title Sex Money Murder : a story of crack, blood, and betrayal / Jonathan Green.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  364.106 GRE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.106 GREEN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.106 GREEN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.106 GRE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.1066 GREEN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 413 pages ; 25 cm
Note "$MM"-- Dust jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393) and index.
Contents Act I. Soundview: the genesis of violence -- Prologue: The roof -- Li'l Gunbuster -- Do not yield to evil -- Hit a killer, be a killer -- The ledger of death -- The kids from Cozy Corner -- The birth of Sugar shaft -- Kidnapped: blood begets blood -- Act II. The rise of Sex Money Murder -- Gold shield #1944 -- Sex Money Murder -- Coma -- Pipelines of the game -- Money bath -- Justice -- The murder game -- Gimme the loot -- Blood -- Nasty boys -- Act III. Ultraviolence: the fall of Sex Money Murder -- The fist -- The office -- Thanksgiving -- "Make it reign" -- Bangin' for their rats -- Myth's end -- Dropping the flag -- 5K -- Exile -- Epilogue: "The streets don't love you"
Summary A portrait of the violent drug wars of the Bronx in the late 1980s and early 1990s documents the surge of crack cocaine's popularity and the murderous territory disputes among its dealers, tracing the rise and fall of notorious gang Sex Money Murder.
Subject Sex Money Murder (Gang)
Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Crack (Drug) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Nonfiction.
ISBN 9780393244489 (hardcover)
0393244482 (hardcover)
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