The Rat That Got Away
Allen Jones grew up in the projects in one\nof the nation's most famously tough neighborhoods, dealt drugs, went to\nprison, went to prep school, and played European pro basketball...and\nnow he's a banker in Luxembourg. His memoir, co-written with Fordham\nprofessor Mark Naison, is forthcoming from Fordham University Press--we\ntalk with Naison about Jones' strange life trajectory, the early day's\nof NYC public housing, and the massive importance of schoolyard\nbasketball.