Book Series



Old School Books

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  1. Book ImageThe Farm: A Novel

    Clarence Cooper, Jr.

    Paperback

    "So much of what we know of ourselves is a lousy God Damn lie", maintains the narrator of The Farm (1968), the audacious and supercharged final novel by a writer of both prodigal gifts and tendencies toward self-destruction.More

  2. Book ImageThe School on 103rd Street: A Novel

    Roland S. Jefferson

    Paperback

    When Dr. Elwin Carter is confronted in his Watts clinic by two boys terrified by the brutal murder of their friend, his investigations lead him far beyond the usual suspicions of drugs or gang violence.More

  3. Book ImageDaddy Cool: A Novel

    Donald Goines

    Paperback

    "[Donald] Goines's novels have sold millions of copies in the inner cities (rappers are big fans). Originally published in 1974, this high-profile paperback reprint takes him mainstream. It's about time." --Suzanne Rura, Entertainment WeeklyMore

  4. Book ImageGiveadamn Brown: A Novel

    Robert Deane Pharr

    Paperback

    In this surreal dark comedy, Larry "Giveadamn" Brown is transformed from a country bumpkin into a crime kingpin when he inherits the Harlem dope and numbers empire of his Uncle Harry.More

  5. Book ImageThe End of a Primitive: A Novel

    Chester Himes

    Paperback

    Jesse Robinson wakes from his nightmare to dirty, fitful real life in a Harlem slum.More

  6. Book ImageBlack!: Three Short Novels

    Clarence Cooper, Jr.

    Paperback

    Black! is part of Norton's Old School Books series of reprinted pulp fiction by black authors.More

  7. Book ImageCorner Boy

    Herbert Simmons

    Paperback

    Announcing the launch of Old School Books--a bold and innovative series that rediscovers the greatest (and toughest) African-American writers of our time.More

  8. Book ImagePortrait of a Young Man Drowning: A Novel

    Charles Perry

    Paperback

    This riveting tale of compulsion and murder bears comparison in its inexorability to Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me.More