Pipe Dream

Name: Pipe Dream
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Solomon Jones
ISBN: 9781440744785

Author: Solomon Jones

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/21/2004

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Urban

Synopsis

Solomon Jones is an Essence best-selling author and Kirkus Reviews raves that Pipe Dream is an "impressive debut." Black, formerly known as Samuel Jackson, is a crack addict caught in the violent world of the drug trade on Philadelphia's mean streets. But that doesn't mean Black is guilty of murdering city councilman Johnny Podres. And his innocence doesn't mean that he won't be tried and convicted for his crime. He and three other of his friends are going down for the killing, and Black has only one chance to turn things around. "This powerful, mature first novel stretches the boundaries of crime fiction far beyond the confines of formula."-Booklist

About Solomon Jones

Solomon Jones is the Essence bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels Payback, C.R.E.A.M., The Bridge, Ride or Die, and Pipe Dream, as well as the short-story collection Keeping Up with the Jones. He is a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and a spoken-word artist. He teaches creative writing at Temple University and is currently at work on his next novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Purlewe

I read this book a long time ago. And I read it b'c I was working in the same company and Solomon Jones. I found the book completely engrossing.. it didn't feel like a debut novel. I was glad I read it and then I lent it to a friend and never saw it again. I would love to re-read it now and see how......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

It mentions PCEH (802) in the story.......more

Goodreads review by Colin

The book gets right into the action, giving only a short few pages describing Leroy and Black’s characters before going straight into the crime scene. We are presented “The House”, an abandoned home on Broad and Erie that as Black says “the news would refer to as a crack house”. In the house we find......more

Goodreads review by Arlingtontexican

Is this a genre withing a genre? The reporter who makes a novel out of his newspaper articles? Well, if this guy, Jones, is any indication, at least you end up with a well written story. It read easily, flowing even through subjects I had no interest in...but the whole thing was larger than life.......more

Goodreads review by Dan

While this book didn't dazzle with its prose or its thematic content, it was an interesting and moving story that asks us to empathize with people with whom we typically would not empathize. It is an exciting story with plot twists and diabolical plots.......more