- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: The Do-Not Press; Library edition edition (1 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1899344926
- ISBN-13: 978-1899344925
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm
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Zelmont has slid a long way since those touchdownsbrought him lucrative endorsement deals. Crack,barrels of booze, a paternity suit, a hip injury,groupies and some shady investment in gangastarap; can things get any worse? Enter Wilma, theleggy and brainy lawyer with a mind to pull offa job on her mob-connected bosses. When Zelmontenlists in her schemes, he learns that theviolence he experienced on the field was just awarm-up to the dangers he faces with a womanwho is more than his match. From one of themost acclaimed black crime writers in the US!
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4.9 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
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Phillips creates an unforgetable antihero, 3 Dec 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Jook: A Crime Novel (Paperback)
Phillips' first crime novel easily outdoes his previous books. I'm an admitted fan of his Ivan Monk mysteries (especially Violent Spring), but the author's real calling was creating this volatile character, Zelmont Raines, a has-been football star trying to get his game back. Full of action, suspense, and intriguing conflict, The Jook is easily the best book I've read all year (sorry Oprah). If Hollywood had any sense, The Jook would be next year's Christmas blockbuster.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Non stop! I loved the Jook, 10 Nov 2002
By K Gamble - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Jook: A Crime Novel (Paperback)
Realisitic characters that you love to hate and hate to love, Gary Phillips brings them to life with a descriptive style that few could match. The non stop twists and turns in this book kept me turning pages and the descriptions were so vivid I could almost smell the garbage truck! Best of all, I wasn't cheated at the end, Mr. Phillips kept it real.
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Crime fiction at its best, 17 Mar 2005
By David Montgomery "Book Critic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Jook: A Crime Novel (Paperback)
Zelmont Raines blew an All-Pro career in the NFL with drugs and sex. Now he's trying to crawl his way back to the top, one way or the other. When he hooks up with a crooked lawyer and a bi-sexual club owner, they put together a scheme to rip off the mob and make one last big score. With incredible characters, crackling dialogue and a plot so hard-boiled it'll curl your hair, this is crime fiction at its best.
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