The Jook [Import] [Paperback]

Gary Phillips (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Do-Not Press (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1899344918
• ISBN-13: 978-1899344918
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phillips creates an unforgetable antihero, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Jook (Paperback)

Phillips' first crime novel easily outdoes his previous books. I'm an admitted fan of his Ivan Monk mysteries (especially Violent Spring), but the author's real calling was creating this volatile character, Zelmont Raines, a has-been football star trying to get his game back. Full of action, suspense, and intriguing conflict, The Jook is easily the best book I've read all year (sorry Oprah). If Hollywood had any sense, The Jook would be next year's Christmas blockbuster.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non stop! I loved the Jook, November 10, 2002

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K Gamble (Henderson, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jook (Paperback)

Realisitic characters that you love to hate and hate to love, Gary Phillips brings them to life with a descriptive style that few could match. The non stop twists and turns in this book kept me turning pages and the descriptions were so vivid I could almost smell the garbage truck! Best of all, I wasn't cheated at the end, Mr. Phillips kept it real.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crime fiction at its best, March 17, 2005

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David Montgomery "Book Critic" (davidjmontgomery.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jook (Paperback)

Zelmont Raines blew an All-Pro career in the NFL with drugs and sex. Now he's trying to crawl his way back to the top, one way or the other. When he hooks up with a crooked lawyer and a bi-sexual club owner, they put together a scheme to rip off the mob and make one last big score. With incredible characters, crackling dialogue and a plot so hard-boiled it'll curl your hair, this is crime fiction at its best.