Shaft Among the Jews
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Shaft Among the Jews
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3.06 of 5 stars
John Shaft is back. Smooth, black and deadly, the private eye whose initial recorded exploits (Shaft) established him as our first genuine superher... read full description

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Jan 29, 2012
Wilson rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I finally finished this book. I first read about it in Darius James's That's Blaxploitation!: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury) in 2000 and I thought it was a joke. Shaft among the Jews? Really? No one would write a book with that title. Seven years later, I searched idly on Amazon.com and, to my absolute astonishment, found a bunch of used copies. I ordered ten of them and gave nine away, keeping a hard copy version discarded by the Josephine County Library in Grants More...
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Dec 01, 2008
R. marked it as to-read
If I were a puppet (I'm your puppet) my wooden jaw would clack to the floor.

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Should the title be Shaft Amongst the Jews? I was never really clear on that grammar rule.
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Jan 29, 2012
Steve rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Second and best book in the Shaft series. This is a fantastic read for anyone with a hankering for seventies pulp fiction. Tidyman has a writing style that is both tough and humorous. The plot, involving the hunt for an old diamond cutter who has developed a formula for creating synthetic diamonds, provides a great backdrop for a cast of well drawn villains for Shaft to take on. There are some delicious moments of absurdity peppered with excellent dialogue. Lots of action and sex to fulfill male More...
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Feb 07, 2010
Ivy rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Now I love all things Shaft, but this story starts on the flimsy premise that Shaft--a native New Yorker--mistakes a group of Hasidic Jews for a posse of cowboys... because of their hats. Pretty weak start, Mr. Tidyman.
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May 22, 2007
Kyle rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Sexy John Shaft solves a mystery among the Jewish diamond merchants of 46th St. Hilarious.
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Feb 05, 2012
Debbie rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Oct 27, 2011
Raymond rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Esme rated it: 2 of 5 stars
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Aug 22, 2011
Rob rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Jun 20, 2011
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Mar 18, 2011
Cheeseandbaconturnov rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Dec 18, 2010
Mrgowen rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Sep 13, 2008
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Stephy rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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