American Gangster: The True Story of Frank Lucas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Gangster%3A_The_True_Story_of_Frank_Lucas
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:book
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Mark_Jacobson
gptkbp:awards gptkb:none
gptkbp:cover_artist gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:director gptkb:Ridley_Scott
gptkbp:film gptkb:Russell_Crowe
gptkb:Denzel_Washington
gptkbp:film_debut true story
gptkbp:focuses_on gptkb:Frank_Lucas
gptkbp:genre gptkb:non-fiction
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:popular_culture
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:documentaries
biographies
real events
true crime genre
crime novels
gptkbp:isbn 978-0385495200
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notable_quote " I had to do what I had to do."
" I made a lot of money."
" I was a businessman, not a criminal."
" I was the kingpin."
" The only thing I ever wanted was to be a man."
gptkbp:notable_themes gptkb:corruption
gptkb:crime
power dynamics
race relations
gptkbp:page_count gptkb:368
gptkbp:publication_year gptkb:2000
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Doubleday
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkb:Vietnam_War
African American history
drug war
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:2007
gptkbp:setting gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:subject drug trafficking
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Gangster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4