Carmen Madrid finally got his opportunity when he moved up to become a hotshot salesman selling Jaguars, Lincolns, and Chevys. Life in Jamaica Queens was good-for a while-but the commission checks weren't as big as he'd anticipated, and it wasn't long before he was looking for other ways to pay the bills. That's when he discovered that the dealership did more than sell cars. Money laundering, drug peddling and pornography were all part of the gig, and it wasn't long before he had to make a choice: be an honest salesman, or take the big money from the "side jobs" the dealership offered. There...

1969 has been called the most eventful year in our history, and it's against the backdrop of Vietnam and anti-establishment culture that Brownie wrote his own history that year: he smoked his first joint, and got laid, both of those momentous events taking place in the sun and the mud at Woodstock. He also attended Alliance College, and while there was no war there, people died, victims of an evil crime network fronted by a fraternity house cook. Brownie and his best friend become inextricably tangled in Dandy Don's web of crime, bribery, depravity, and degradation. From professors to...