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Mafia Hairdresser [Kindle Edition]

jon-david
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Southern California in the 1980s was the apex of the universe for the pauper-impaired. Dynasty, Madonna, designer-everything, mobile phones and cocaine ushered in the Me Generation’s appetite for addictive living.
Jessy, a young hairdresser in Los Angeles, dressed for success and wanted to get rich quick and got more than he set out for by moonlighting for a man who made his passion for big cars supply his big habits. Big-Don is LA’s campy commercial king for his chain of auto-repair shops, which are, in-reality, the front for his actual business of supplying drugs to the Hollywood elite. Big-Don’s wife also has a passion but hers is for young hairdressers who must supply more than her appetite for fashion: and she gets Jessy hooked on more than a new lifestyle
Jessy’s relationships at his day-job at the upscale salon Beautious Maximous become strained as his employers and co-workers try their best to keep the boy grounded; a near impossible task when the salon manager is Tinsel Town’s “queen” of gossip and his friends are more concerned with getting laid while dealing with the oncoming age of compulsory condom-sex due to a new un-named plague.
This Mafia Hairdresser is gifted cars, clothing, all-you-can-snort cocaine, Hawaiian vacations and VIP invites to music & movie industry parties until he’s asked to baby-sit the out-of-control mob couple by their mysterious associate, Smokey Topaz.
To live or die, quit or stay... must this Mafia Hairdresser resort to drugs, blackmail and a possible accidental manslaughter?
Mafia Hairdresser is Book One in a series and is based on the author’s own fabulously dangerous lifestyle.
This Edition includes preview of Book Two, The Glow Stick God, available on Kindle at Amazon.com, Fall 2011

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Product Details

  • File Size: 433 KB
  • Print Length: 217 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: jon-david; 02 edition (March 20, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004T42XEE
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #649,767 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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It is a great easy read that you will not want to put down. Apryl Valy  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
I read it, one chapter a night at bedtime, for the last 26 nights. C. Coons  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!! Look Forward to the Next One! August 9, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I'm very lucky to be the recipient of an actual live and signed copy from the author I've been waiting for the book for a while since I know JD via social circles. I wasn't sure what to expect, but was very happy to have the book in hand right before I left on a long vacation. Well, I was sooo impressed. Great job JD. And those of you who know me that I'm not easily impressed. The character development was strong and the story line flowed very nicely and had me glued to the pages to see what was going to happen next.

The book is a very interesting look into the life of a guy entering adulthood and having to make choices that impact the way his life turns. It also addresses very real issues people face not only with their own demons, but the demons of loved ones. It's definitely a must read. Purchase, download and enjoy!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A zealous read June 19, 2011
By zena
Format:Kindle Edition
When I bought this book, I didn't expect to read it.

Not because I thought it wouldn't be good, but because I seldom get the chance to read for pleasure. (I bought it as part of a fund-raising event.)

But once I started, I had a hard time putting it down. Even my husband commented that he'd never seen me read a book so zealously.

It's a great escape -- suspense, humor, wit, plot twists and quite a cast of characters.

I'm ready for jon-david's next book!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book! June 4, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This is an awesome book! Very well written with great characters and humor--I'm constantly LMAO! It is seriously one of the best books I've read and it's hard to put down. Jon-David is an excellent author--I can't wait to read his next book!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved!
This book was so well written for a new author. It flowed really well and you truly got into it. The main character, Jessy, was too entertaining to not love. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Apryl Valy
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun, exciting, page-tuner
Mafia Hairdresser fulfills my longing to live a life of rich, fabulous and glamour that gets mixed up with drug dealing. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Christine
5.0 out of 5 stars A Trip Behind the Scenes
Thank you, jon-david, for sharing a truly amazing and hilarious story. Jessy, a young man embarking on a "normal" life as an 80s California hairdresser, finds himself embroiled in... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Marcia W
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, furious, funny!
Partly a crime caper, partly a hilarious peek into the retro glam world of the 80's, and partly a coming-of-age story with an endearing and occasionally snotty central character,... Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. Coons
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down!
This book is a great read & hard to put down. Jessy is a lovable main character that you want to throttle a good deal of the time! Very well written, funny & descriptive. Read more
Published 23 months ago by PattiH
4.0 out of 5 stars 80s Time Machine
Wow - an amazing time capsule of an 80s some of us knew...was that Grandmaster Flash in the background? Read more
Published on May 18, 2011 by shark girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Sit back and enjoy
If you're looking for a "can't put down" fun ride with Jessy, pick up
"Mafia Hairdresser". Really well written, with a pace that sucks you in till the end. Read more
Published on May 1, 2011 by CPyne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Storytelling!!
I bought this book yesterday and 24 hours later, I am writing this review. Why? Because I stayed up nearly all night to finish this book! Read more
Published on April 24, 2011 by EBeth
5.0 out of 5 stars Must must must read
I would buy any book Jon-David wrote because I think it's important to support our friends as they pursue their dreams. Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by tdock
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More About the Author

When one works for cocaine trafficers as a hairdresser, you can call yourself a Mafia Hairdresser.
And that is also the name of my first novel of what I call "The Hairdresser Chronicles." Mafia Hairdresser is a humorous fictional account of a young ambitious hairdresser who ends up moonlighting for a family who supply drugs to the Hollywood elite. Fortunately, the real me escaped from servitude to a mob couple, but I had to resort to blackmail, drugs and possibly accidental manslaughter to be able to write about it. It was the 80's and I was stupid but I'm alive today and I became a writer. Mafia Hairdresser is avalable on all eBook formats.
The Glow Stick Gods
Book two is also inspired by true events, including Chicago Mayor Daley's war on drugs, the celebrity circuit, and Michael Jackson (not the celebrity), the man who killed a cab driver with his own cab. (Yes, I knew him.) Lots of up-close "research" went into this book & I lost a few friends to the 90's party scene. Sometimes being in the fun place at the wrong time can make you an accomplice--and an insider.
Murder, There's an App for That
Book three is writing itself now: Chicago, Credit Card Debt, the dark side of Social Networking, Stalkers, and Murder by iphone App. Based on true stories and events such as the murder one of my best friends.

Anyhoo, I'm from L.A. area and now I live in Chicago and I'm an actual hairdresser at Joseph Michael's Salon & Spa. Thank you to all of my clients who Yelped or City Searched me to the top.

I trained at Second City and did a few plays, parade commentary, tv cable specials for charities.

I wrote and sold one screenplay. Then I wrote the play version to help get the screenplay made into a movie, which never happened. The play was a sellout for six weeks though.

I've done lots of work that I'm proud of such as rallies for civil rights and jumping off a building for charity.

Humor is good. It coats the cognitive palate so that the serious and scary can be digested more easily.
That's why most of my writing has a laugh or two in it, even if what I am writing is serious.

jon-david


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