Damaged Goods: A Novel [Paperback]

Notorious Alonzo Crane had been dubbed The Motion Picture Bank Robber by the press because he modeled a bank robbery after a Steve McQueen movie he'd seen...except that he got caught. The authorities offered Crane a deal if he'd roll over on his accomplices but he refused -- and got twenty-five years to life.

Ten years into his sentence, Crane is offered a chance to leave prison when a corrupt warden, in league with a prison gang, gives him a secret assignment. If Crane can pull it off, his prison record will be wiped clean. Now all he has to do is enlist the help of former cellmate Duffy, a small-time hustler with big-time ideas, and Trixie, Duffy's gorgeous girlfriend with a cocaine habit and a nose for trouble. And if Crane can successfully mimic the plot of an action film he's seen, this time he might stand a chance....Roland S. Jefferson's novels includeDamaged Goods,559 to Damascus, and the political thrillerThe School on 103rd Street, chosen by theLos Angeles Times Book Reviewfor inclusion in itsGuide to Literary Los Angeles 2000.One Night Standis his fifth novel. Semi-retired from a career as a forensic psychiatrist, he lives in Los Angeles, California.