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Donald Goines
When a young Black man sees his brother's dreams shattered, he takes to the streets to start a war. Even if that's exactly what "the system" expects in this bold…
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Originally published: Los Angeles: Holloway House, c1978.
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Donald Goines’s classic expose of a drug dealer’s brutal rise to the top of Cocaine Mountain is available for the first time in audio to attract new audiences, as well…
Holloway House originals –P. opposite t.p.
Includes special preview of Kenyatta’s escape.
The OG godfather of urban lit lays it all on the line with the epic, action-packed conclusion to Kenyatta's quest to reclaim his streets . . .
For Kenyatta, the…
Johnny Washington, a black teenager in Los Angeles, knows the freight yard like the back of his hand. He and his pals, Josh and Buddy, hit them often, stealing for…
The story of a pimp’s desperate struggle to survive in Detroit’s world of violence and brutal sex.
Kenyatta, the living black legend, concentrates his army’s ruthless forces to rid the black community of rampant drug traffic. With the help of Elliot Stone, a black football star and…
Clawing his way to the top, pimp Earl the Black Pearl believes he is untouchable, but when someone puts a hit on his friends, he has to fight back to…
Kenyatta had two ambitions: cleaning the ghetto of all drug traffic and gunning down all the racist white cops! But a black and white detective team, Benson and Ryan, is…
The final book in Goines’ great Kenyatta series which pits the living black legend against the forces of evil.
George Jackson was a Swamp Man, born and bred in the dark watery woods of Mississippi. He was a gentle young man who turned as deadly as a water moccasin…
Young Curtis Carson doesn’t mean to rip off the Chicanos in his backyard crap games. He just rolls the dice better. But the Chicanos don’t see it that way, and…
[Donald] Goines’s novels have sold millions of copies in the inner cities (rappers are big fans). Originally published in 1974, this high-profile paperback reprint takes him mainstream. It’s about time…
Whoreson Jones, the novel’s hero, is the son of a beautiful black prosititute and an unknown white john. By the age of sixteen, he is a fully- fledged pimp, cold…
Originally published in 1972 by Holloway House.
From the mind of Donald Goines, one of the most influential, bestselling Black authors to date, comes a edition reissue of his timeless, page-turning, bullet-riddled tale...
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Donald Goines, "the godfather of black pulp fiction" (Salon.com) and "one of hip hop's greatest inspirations" (The Source Magazine), is among the most influential and revered urban authors of all…
"A cold, calculating hired killer takes family matters into his own hands in this bold action-packed street thriller from Donald Goines, the OG master of urban lit…
"Eldorado Red has it all--new cars, women, and plenty of money. But when you're the top dog, the sure bet is that someone--everyone--wants to take what you got. You just…
Reprint. Originally published: Los Angeles, Calif.: Melrose Square Pub. Co., c1984.
A story of the underworld of black organized crime and the fledgling godfather who goes from teenaged ganglord to powerful Detroit mobster, who, like the gangsters of the 1920s, begins…
After being sent to prison, Chester and his crew forge a brotherhood in hell.
Includes excerpts from author’s Whoreson: (p. [307]-311) and De'Nesha Diamond’s Street divas (p. [317]-327).
The last novel by Donald Goines, the OG master of urban lit, a gritty, graphic thrill ride of relentless street violence, desperate measures, and brutal, unstoppable revenge . . .
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Geoff Pevere
Pevere provides behind-the-scenes history and explores how the movie’s meaning and interpretation have changed over time.
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Word Hustle is the first scholarly treatment of fiction writer Donald Goines, and thereby the first serious consideration of what has been termed street literature,ghetto literature,street fiction, or…
