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5) Daddy Cool
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To his clients, Larry Jackson is known as "Daddy Cool." Nobody's better at what he does. Nothing knocks him off his game. With ice in his veins, he'll pull the trigger or stick a knife deep. All that matters is he gets paid--and that his teenage daughter, Janet, stays clear of the streets. But when Janet is lured into the stable of a young, smooth-talking pimp, Daddy Cool sees red--and goes into action deadly cold and unstoppable.--Publisher's description....
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A young African American drag queen and his family move from the South to Chicago in hopes of escaping some of the discrimination and backwards thinking of the region; however, Chicago, in turn offers up its own plate of violence, crime, prostitution, and rape. Herein lies the sad tale of a family practically destroyed by the urban ghetto underground of 1930's and 40's Chicago.
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Prison life in the 1930s featuring a white man incarcerated for robbery. The novel is based on the experience of its black author and deals with violence and male love. This edition is the unpublished original, a sanitized version having been published in 1953 under the title, Cast the First Stone.
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