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Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines

by Eddie Allen

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Publisher Comments:

Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, and career criminal. He was also one of the most popular Black contemporary writers having published sixteen novels, including Whoreson, Dopefiend, and Daddy Cool. Goines's unique brand of "street narrative" and "ghetto realism" mark 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 made the transition from street hustler to bestselling author. With exclusive access to personal letters, treatments from unwritten books, photographs, and family members, Allen uncovers Goines's experiences with drugs, prostitutes, prison, and urban violence. Fans of Goines’s novels will note a dramatic parallelism between his life and fictional tales.

Synopsis:

From infamous to famous, "Low Road" follows the life and times of the legendary novelist Donald Goines, father of ghetto realism.
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About the Author

EDDIE B. ALLEN has been published in The New York Times, The Detroit News and the Philadelphia New Observer. He lives in Detroit, Michigan.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312383510
Subtitle:
The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
Author:
Allen, Eddie
Author:
Allen, Eddie B., Jr.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Subject:
cultural heritage
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
Subject:
African American Studies
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Novelists, American
Subject:
Violence in literature
Subject:
People of Color
Subject:
African American criminals
Subject:
African Americans in literature
Edition Description:
First
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.25x5.75x.50 in. .46 lbs.
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