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Respect the Jux
Frank C. Matthews, Karen Hunter
Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing · Paperback · September 21, 2010
Reading lane: Black Urban Fiction
In this exciting urban novel—based on true events—a group of thieves perfect the art of the jux, a special kind of heist, rising from a ragtag band of petty criminals to a secret society, called The Order.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Frank C. Matthews, Karen Hunter
- Publisher
- Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing
- Published
- September 21, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Black Urban Fiction · Black Mystery
- Reading lane
- Black Urban Fiction
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Publisher Categories
Black Fiction
Black Urban Fiction
Crime Fiction
About This Book
In this exciting urban novel—based on true events—a group of thieves perfect the art of the jux, a special kind of heist, rising from a ragtag band of petty criminals to a secret society, called The Order. In Jamaica, he learned the art of the “jux”: robbing people by studying their everyday movements. By the age of eight, Cat was shoplifting and purse-snatching. By ten, he had his first gun. At fifteen, he committed his first murder. In New York City, he created The Order:...
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