“The best street novel I ever read until now was Little Caesar . The Jones Men exceeds it in importance. The Jones Men is a work of art. ―Richard Condon, author of The Manchurian Candidate 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. This latest volume in Norton's "Old School Books" series plunges the reader into the world of drugs, corruption, and murder as it follows the downfall of "Lennie Jack," a Vietnam vet who attempts to take over the action of the neighborhood's biggest drug lord. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. If you like the page-turning pulp of Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy and Jim Thompson, definitely add the Old School to your hard boiled syllabus. -- Details This streetwise novel chronicles the rise and fall of Lennie 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 Lennie Jack's bold and methodical challenge builds to a frightening climax. Vern E. Smith is currently a national correspondent for Newsweek magazine.