United States Paperback Edition:

Publication Info:
A Bantam book, published April 1973.
Copyright 1973 by Ernest Tidyman
Front Cover Text:
A Brand-New John Shaft Super-Caper from Ernest Tidyman / Shaft Has A Ball / Powerful as a bullet in the brain! Big bad John is back to gang up on the Mob!
Back Cover Text:
Shaft keeps on truckin' hot, mean and heavy! / Through the mob and the cops...
A big, black cat stalking a wide and wild path from Harlem's back alleys to the plush of Manhattan's swank hotels...
A high-wire artist on a racial tightrope, he was for hire but not for sale, and everybody knew it...
A cool and deadly customer who never let his mouth write a check his body couldn't cash!

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British paperback cover scan supplied by Steve Aldous.
Last modified: 28 May 02000