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

Van Pelt Library HV6439.U7 N4438 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Green, Jonathan (Journalist), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sex Money Murder (Gang).
Gangs--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Gangs.
Drug traffic--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Drug traffic.
Crack (Drug)--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Crack (Drug).
Murder--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Murder.
Crime.
New York (State)--New York.
Crime--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Nonfiction.
Physical Description:
x, 413 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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.
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"
Notes:
"$MM"-- Dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393) and index.
ISBN:
9780393244489
0393244482
OCLC:
1005104034

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