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Black Gangster - by Donald Goines (Paperback)

Black Gangster - by  Donald Goines (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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 with bootlegging and branches out into every known crime.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Raw and true to the street, no one portrays the underground like the godfather of urban lit, Donald Goines.</i></b> <p/>Trapped in jail for a petty crime, Prince hatches a scheme from his cell to make it big. Once Ruby, the only woman worthy of his brutal ambition, joins him on the outside, they take down Detroit one hustle at a time. Dealers, pimps, police and politicians--in the blink of an eye the hood is theirs. Now, the only thing certain is the cold hard truth of the streets--because with enemies waiting behind every corner, there's only one way to stay on top of the world . . . <p/><b>"He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators."</b><br><b><i>--New Jersey Voice</i></b><br><b><i> </i></b><br><b>"Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure."</b><br><b> <i>--</i>Tupac Shakur</b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Donald Goines</b> was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family's dry cleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, <i>Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie </i>and <i>Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp.</i> Goines was shot to death in 1974.

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