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Dopefiend by Donald Goines

Dopefiend

Donald Goines

Kensington · Paperback · July 27, 2021

"Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure." --Tupac Shakur The true Black voice of his generation, Donald Goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of today's hip hop culture, influencing major artists from Jay-Z and 50 Cent to Nas and Ghostface Killah.

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Who it’s for
For when you want grit, momentum, and a blunt, unsentimental voice.
Genres
Black Urban Fiction, Crime Fiction
Published
Kensington, July 27, 2021

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"Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure." --Tupac Shakur The true Black voice of his generation, Donald Goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of today's hip hop culture, influencing major artists from Jay-Z and 50 Cent to Nas and Ghostface Killah. Dopefiend is Goines' classic descent into the junkie's harrowing nightmare... Teddy finally got the girl of his dreams.

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Together, Teddy and Terry filled people with admiration wherever they went. Young, gifted, and black, the future was theirs for the taking. But Teddy had a small little addiction. Then Terry had a taste. Then life took a wrong turn into the darkest, vilest back alleys. Drawing from years of his own addiction to heroin, Goines holds nothing back in this graphic, unflinching tale of lives destroyed by drugs. Each page tells it like it is--the whole truth and nothing but the truth--which keeps you coming back for more. BLACK ENTERPRISE, BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME

Grit in Motion

For when you want grit, momentum, and a blunt, unsentimental voice.

Come here for

  • hard-boiled pressure, urban edge
  • a layered, steady immersion

Expect

  • Black urban fiction with mystery tension
  • long, absorbing narrative drive

Where it sits

Crime Fiction91%
Black Urban Fiction81%

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Publisher categories

  • Urban Fiction
  • Black Urban Fiction
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Donald Goines
Publisher
Kensington
Published
July 27, 2021
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Urban Fiction