Dirty South (Triple Crown Publications Presents) [Paperback]

Darrell King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Behind the moss-draped trees, Mint Juleps and stately mansions of the American Deep South lies a foreboding and deadly dark side. Multimillionaire drug lords do power lunches with Southern aristocrats by day and lay waste to their rivals by night in a bloodbath not seen since the Civil War. At the helm of the million-dollar drug deals, bling-bling lifestyle and widespread murder hails the power Lake Clan, led by ruthless New Orleans kingpins Marion ''Snookey'' Lake and his ambitious nephew, Rae-Kwon. The Lakes relocate to Georgia in an effort to both escape the Feds and spread their ever-growing dominance within the Southern crime infrastructure. However, they are met with immediate and violent resistance from the South Carolina's feared Sea Island thugs who jealously guard their fertile drug turf. Travel down I-95 South into a ruthless environment, which, until recently, lay hidden beneath the long-held façade of Southern comfort. Experience the real Dirty South.

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About the Author

Mr. Darrell King, Sr. has been writing ever since the age of eight. His first published work of fiction was penned during the fall of 1976 as a student of Mary Field's Elementary School on South Carolina's Daufuskie Island. This effort, an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit,'' was both written and illustrated by Mr. King and was published in the school's quarterly periodical, ''The Daufuskie Kid's Magazine.'' Mr. King went on to write several unpublished stories and numerous poems, several of which were published in the 1995-1996 ''Poetry Anthology'' by the National Library of Poetry in Owings Mills, Maryland. During the 90s, Mr. King was attracted to and inspired by the lurid tales of inner city crime and drama that he read on the pages of novels by great writers such as Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim. This, coupled with an enduring appreciation for the hard-edged, yet enlightened lyric of the era's gangsta rap icons like Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Easy E and others prompted Mr. King to begin writing his very own stories of urban crime and inner city drama. Mr. King resides in Prince George's County, Maryland with his wife Sonya and their five children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 217 pages
• Publisher: Triple Crown Publications (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976234955
• ISBN-13: 978-0976234951
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DIRTY SOUTH !, October 4, 2005

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Nichque (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty South (Triple Crown Publications Presents) (Paperback)

I SHOULD SAY FOR THE FIRST TIME AROUND THIS BOOK WAS OKAY. I THINK IT'LL BE MORE EFFECTIVE ON A MALE READING IT THAN A FEMALE. I GIVE ALL AUTHORS THEIR PROPS NO DOUBT BECAUSE IT'S A GIFT ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE GIVEN, BUT I WOULD GIVE THE SUGGESTION OF BEING MORE DETAILED ON WHAT'S GOING ON BUT EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars John Ricker, August 13, 2006

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I could noy put it down.Sitting on the beach I read it about four hours.Mr. King had me in the midst of Rae,Shawn,Dawn,Cj,Snooky and the rest.I felt like I was there witnessing the whole thing.

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3.0 out of 5 stars (3.5 stars) Down In The Dirty, June 6, 2006

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Rae-Kwon Lake is the nephew of the ruthless drug kingpin Marion "Snookey" Lake. Snookey is the head of a multi-million dollar empire and is very well connected. But his empire is threatened when he and his family relocates to Georgia to runaway from the Feds. Rae-Kwon wants to start an empire of his own with his cousins. Rae-Kwon and his cousins are soon a part of the world of fast cash and instant wealth. But they have more than they bargained for when one of Rae-Kwon's cousin's decides to get trigger happy and starts eliminating their problems. Rae-Kwon also realizes that his uncle Snookey isn't the man he thought he was.

Dirty South is a raw, in-your-face debut novel by Darrell King. King gives readers a realistic, bird's eye view of the southern multi-million dollar drug trade. Although the story dragged at times, the author showed great creativity in going back to the early 1980s when the modern drug trade was in its infancy. I could literally picture every scene that was taking place in this novel. Dirty South is a gritty and daring novel that is hopefully the start of a long successful career for Darrell King.