Isbn: 9780753817902 - the rackets (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 336 pages. Endemic corruption, and the way it holds the fabric of a city together, has n ever been addressed so sharply. This is tough-guy prose in overdrive, which move s effortlessly from union balls to the morally ambiguous world of Irish racketee rs, Italian mobsters and Russian mafia hitmen a stylish, innovative thriller tha t shines like a dark sun over the often repetitive landscape of today's crime fi ction' Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian Jimmy Dolan is a self-made man. Once a rough neck construction worker, he is now Ivy League educated and working for the New York City mayor. But his fortunes are reversed when he strikes out against a cor rupt union boss and is fired. Then his father is muscled out of the race to be p resident of the Teamsters union by the same man. Filled with mobsters, rackete ers and corrupt officials, THE RACKETS is a visceral portrait of New York's unde rworld and the power games that bind it together.…