Mean Business on North Ganson Street

Mean Business on North Ganson Street is a 2014 crime thriller novel written by S. Craig Zahler and published by Thomas Dunne Books. The plot concerns a detective named Jules Bettinger who relocates to Victory, Missouri, a collapsed rustbelt city, where he and his new partner investigate a double homicide in which two policemen were killed—an event that might be the beginning of a series of executions.

Mean Business was nominated for the Spur and Peacemaker awards, and received a starred review for excellence by Booklist and praise from Kirkus Review.^{[1] [2]}

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the novel to make it into a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx. DiCaprio will also produce the film.^[3]

References

1. World Archipelago. "Mean Business on North Ganson Street". Macmillan.
2. "Warner Bros Acquires Craig Zahler Crime Novel As Re-Team Of ‘Django Unchained’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx". deadline.com. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
3. "Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx To Have A 'Mean' Reunion In New Movie". MTV. June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.