Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, and career criminal.
He lives in Detroit, Michigan..
Allen has been published in The New York Times , The Detroit News and the Philadelphia New Observer .
About the Author: EDDIE B.
Fans of Goines\'s novels will note a dramatic parallelism between his Life and fictional tales.
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. explores exactly how one man made the transition from street hustler to bestselling author.
Allen, Jr.
Now, in the first in-depth biography of Goines\'s life, author Eddie B.
Goines\'s unique brand of "street narrative" and "ghetto realism" mark him as the original street writer.
He was also one of the most popular Black contemporary writers having published sixteen novels, including Whoreson , Dopefiend , and Daddy Cool.
Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, and career criminal
