American Gangster (Pocketbook)

From the Publisher: After the death of his mentor, mobster Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas rises to become the drug czar of Harlem, a wealthy, successful, powerful, and untouchable kingpin, until the arrival of Richie Roberts, an honest NYPD drug enforcement investigator determined to bring down Frank Lucas, even while coping with a messy personal life. Original. (A Universal Pictures film, written by Steve Zaillian, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding, Jr., & Josh Brolin) (True Crime)After the death of his mentor, mobster Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas rises to become the drug czar of Harlem, a wealthy, successful, powerful, and untouchable kingpin, until the arrival of Richie Roberts, an honest NYPD drug enforcement investigator determined to bring down Frank Lucas, even while coping with a messy personal life. Original. (A Universal Pictures film, written by Steve Zaillian, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding, Jr., & Josh Brolin) (True Crime)