King David never let anything stand in his way, as he clawed his way out of the mean streets. If it took busting an old lady’s head open with a Coke bottle for her last dollar, so be it. Mixing battery acid with cocaine to gain revenge was acceptable, too. Whatever it took. Then he made it big – … [Read more...]
SWAMP MAN by Donald Goines
George Jackson was a “Swamp Man,” born and bred in Mississippi. He was a gentle young man who turned deadly as a water moccasin after he saw what the four hill boys did to his sister. They caught her soon after she got off the bus, home from he first year in college. When they were through with … [Read more...]
ELDORADO RED by Donald Goines
Again, based on his personal experience! When Donald Goines was discharged from the Air Force, he was addicted to heroin. To support his habit he staged the robbery of a local numbers house. And from that experience came Eldorado Red! It’s the vicious story of crooks who get richer with the … [Read more...]
DADDY COOL by Donald Goines
Larry Jackson is better known to his clients as “Daddy Cool” – and they know he is the best. He can pull a trigger or toss a knife and never blink an eye. All that counts for is the bread – and his teenage daughter, Janet. But when Janet is enticed into his stable by a young, smooth-talking … [Read more...]
WHITE MAN’S JUSTICE, BLACK MAN’S GRIEF by Donald Goines
Goines’ classic novel of prison life, it has been called “one of the most revealing books ever written about prison life and the bigotry built into our system.” This is the story of Chester Hines, who thought he was the baddest man to come down the street. Behind prison walls he was nothing … [Read more...]
STREET PLAYERS by Donald Goines
In this, his fourth novel, Goines tests the tensile strength of a ghetto spawn who clawed his way to the top and fights like hell to stay there. He’s known as “Ear the Black Pearl,” and he’s left the homeboys behind – way behind. He’s cool, sharp as ice crystal, and it seems that no one … [Read more...]
BLACK GIRL LOST by Donald Goines
In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, Goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experience – the dark, despair-ridden world of a black girl’s soul! Sandra took to the streets when she was eight years old and tried to fight off the hunger pangs by shoplifting, … [Read more...]
BLACK GANGSTER by Donald Goines
A large part of Goines’ thirty-nine years of life was spent being a successful pimp, a thief, an operator of corn liquor houses, an armed robber, and a small-time dope dealer. He lived the life of the streets and out of the experience he created Prince, the anti-hero of Black Gangster! It’s the … [Read more...]
WHORESON by Donald Goines
Goines takes the reader into the violent world of ghetto prostitution. Whoreson Jones, the novel’s hero, is the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown white john. By the age of sixteen, he is a full-fledged pimp, cold-blooded, ruthless. Written in gritty street talk, Whoreson’s story … [Read more...]
