In 1970s New York the ruthless Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade bringing in more than a million dollars a day.

At the height of his power there were so many heroin addicts buying from him on 116th Street that he claimed that the Transit Authority had to change the bus routes.

Lucas lived a glamorous life hobnobbing with sports stars musicians and politicians but he was also a ruthless gangster.

He was notorious for using coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States and before his fall when he was sentenced to seventy years in prison he played a major role in the near death of New York City.

In American Gangster Marc Jacobsons captivating account of the life of Frank Lucas joins other tales of New York City from the past thirty years.

It is a vibrant intoxicating manylayered portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the world from one of Americas most acclaimed journalists.

Product Details Paperback Book Author Mark Jacobson Genre Organised crime / history Publisher Penguin ISBN 9781843547303