Black Gangster
Kensington · Print & ebook · October 27, 2020
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- Who it’s for
- A gritty, fast-moving crime story where power is hard won and harder to keep.
- Genres
- Black Urban Fiction, Crime Fiction, Black Mystery
- Published
- Kensington, October 27, 2020
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Raw and true to the street, no one portrays the underground like the godfather of urban lit, Donald Goines. 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.
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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 . . . “He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice “Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure.” —Tupac Shakur
Street-Level Stakes
A gritty, fast-moving crime story where power is hard won and harder to keep.
Come here for
- Detroit crime fiction with hard edges and street-level ambition
Expect
- Hustles entangled with dealers, pimps, police, and politicians
- A brutal, unsentimental view of life on the streets
Where it sits
| Crime Fiction | 88% |
|---|---|
| Black Urban Fiction | 75% |
| Black Mystery | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Urban Fiction
- Black Urban Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Donald Goines, Leon Nixon, Tantor Media
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Published
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Urban Fiction