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Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
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Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines Paperback - 2008

by Eddie B. Allen

From infamous to famous, "Low Road" follows the life and times of the legendary novelist Donald Goines, father of ghetto realism.


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[A] comprehensive look at the gritty novelist's own thug life, (Low Road) unfolds like a fast-paced thriller that mirrors Goines's popular bestsellers.--Essence magazine Donald Goines was a pimp, truck driver, heroin addict, factory worker, and career criminal. He was also one of the most popular Black contemporary writers having published sixteen novels, including Whoreson, Dopefiend, and Daddy Cool. Goines's unique brand of street narrative and ghetto realism mark him as the original street writer. Now, in the first in-depth biography of Goines's life, author Eddie B. Allen, Jr. explores exactly how one man made the transition from street hustler to bestselling author. 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. Fans of Goines's novels will note a dramatic parallelism between his life and fictional tales.

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  • Title Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines
  • Author Eddie B. Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL
  • Date 2008-05-13
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780312383510 / 0312383517
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African American criminals, African Americans in literature
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

EDDIE B. ALLEN has been published in The New York Times, The Detroit News and the Philadelphia New Observer. He lives in Detroit, Michigan.

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