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Land of Opportunity

Name: Land of Opportunity
Author: William M. Adler
ISBN: 9780871135933

William M. Adler · 1995 · 415 pages

Attempting to explain why crime is a career choice in areas with few opportunities, the author examines the case of Billy Joe Chambers and his brothers, who ran a complex, multimillion-dollar crack cocaine operation in Detroit. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

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Will Self
“The story of the African-American family who brought crack cocaine to Detroit in the 1980s and made millions by running the business with McDonald’s-like efficiency. It’s a staggering portrayal of the ineluctable convergence between addiction and capitalism in Reagan’s America.”↗

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Will Self