DIRTY WORK: PLAYING THE GAME

by Robert Anderson

Hustler Salmon Graves has been forced to deal drugs for two crooked cops. Detectives Robert "Lefty" O'Malley and Tom Grey, "the twins," now own Sal. Even though Sal didn't want to deal with the twins, he has no choice now. It's either that or go to jail. To him, it's a win-win the work comes cheap, and he can get rid of his competition anytime he wants. But if anyone in the hood finds out, Sal's life will be in danger.When the serious money starts rolling in, so do the robberies, hate, and killings. There's infighting among Sal's crew, and they eventually split. Some don't know where their loyalties lie, which brings even more confusion. The whole situation gets increasingly dirty until even the best of friends start doing whatever they feel is necessary to protect themselves. But the real problems come once the feds enter the picture.Facing lengthy jail time changes everyone-the dealers start to turn on one another, but they may soon learn that they only have each other to fall back on

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 27, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
See this thread for more information.

ROBERT ANDERSON was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1964. He grew up outside of Minneapolis and attended the University of Minnesota. He came to New York in 1986 and lived for many years in Times Square residential hotels–the Vigilant, the Woodward, and the St. James–while working as a cook and writing. His first book, the short-story collection Ice Age, won the University of Georgia Press’s Flannery O’Connor Award in 2000.