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"Donald Goines was a pimp, a truck driver, a heroin addict, a factory worker, and a career criminal. He was also one of the world's most popular contemporary African-American writers. Having published sixteen novels, including Whereon, Dopefiend, and Daddy Cool, Goines developed a unique brand of "street narrative" and "ghetto realism" that marked him as the original street writer." "Now, in the first in-depth biography of Goines's life, author Eddie B. Allen, Jr., explores exactly how one man could make the transition from street hustler to bestselling author. With exclusive access to many…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2004St. Martin's Press · 224 pages · 9780312291242
- Other · English · 2008St. Martin's Griffin · 208 pages · 9780312383510
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