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Corner boy

Herbert Simmons

1957227 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1957
first published
  • 1957Houghton Mifflin · 266 pages · ENG
  • 1996Payback Press · 227 pages · ENGISBN 9780862416010
  • 1996Norton · 250 pages · ENGISBN 9780393314656
  • 2022Creative Media Partners, LLC · ENGISBN 9781016731331
  • 2022Creative Media Partners, LLC · ENGISBN 9781016735896
  • 1999Editions de l'Olivier · 297 pagesISBN 9782879291352
  • 2018Franklin Classics · 284 pagesISBN 9780343019167
  • 2018Franklin Classics · 284 pagesISBN 9780343019174

Corner Boy is a powerful work of social realism that won the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1957. Jake Adams, at 18 years of age, strides the mean streets of his world like a conqueror. He has custom-made suits in his closet, drives a Buick Dynaflow, and has all the women he wants - all fruits of his success pushing dope for the Organization. His violent rise and fall offers an unforgettable portrait of life in an urban jungle.

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