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He lived the life of the streets and out of that experience he created prince, the antihero of black gangster. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Once ruby, the only woman worthy of his brutal ambition, joins him on the outside, they take down detroit one hustle at a time. Black gangster raw and true to the street, no one portrays the underground like the godfather of urban lit, donald goines. This story basically tells the story of a wellknown street gangster that has the black hood in the palm of his hand. Born in detroit, michigan in 1937, goines produced 16 books in just five years. Oct 27, 2020 a large part of goines s thirty nine years of life was spent being a successful pimp, a heif, an operator of corn liquor houses, an armed robber, and a small time dope dealer. While he was in prison, goines wrote his first two novels, dopefiend and whoreson. While he was in prison, goines wrote his first two novels, dopefiend. May 31, 2007 black gangster by donald goines, may 31, 2007, holloway house publishing company edition, mass market paperback in english. A chronology 329 appendix ii list of holloway house books, 19611969 331 appendix iii list of books authored by donald goines, 19711975 334 bibliography 335 biography 358. Between 1969 and 1974, he published sixteen novels, which are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. He was shot to death while at his typewriter as he was putting the final touches on his 17th.
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Black gangster, paperback by goines, donald, isbn 0758294611, isbn 9780758294616, brand new, free shipping in the us a story of black organized crime follows prince from his beginning as a teenage ganglord to his position as head of detroits powerful mob. Browse donald goiness bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. Nas also named the song black girl lost on his sophomore album it was written after the book by goines. Book overview a large part of goines 39 years were spent being a pimp, a thief, a bootlegger, an armed robber and a smalltime dope dealer. Donald goines 1936 1974 was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. The angry black crime novels of donald goines jstor.
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