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 save his own life.
Goines was shot to death in 1974..
While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp.
He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years.
Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime.
Air Force instead of going into his family\'s dry cleaning business.
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He joined the U. and all hell breaks loose "He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly re-created the Street jungle and its predators." --New Jersey Voice About the Author: Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. . .
That\'s when Earl fights back .
Until someone even higher up puts the heat on and his friends begin dropping like flies--of lead poisoning.
He\'s cool, sharp as an ice crystal, and it seems that no one can touch him.
He\'s known as Earl the Black Pearl, and he\'s left the homeboys behind--way behind.
In this, his fourth novel, Donald Goines tests the tensile strength of a ghetto spawn who clawed his way to the top and fights like hell to stay there.
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 save his own life
