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by: Donald Goines
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780870679292
ISBN: 0870679295
Label: Holloway House
Manufacturer: Holloway House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: March 01, 2006
Publisher: Holloway House
Sales Rank: 100308
Studio: Holloway House
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This marks the first appearance in trade paperback of any book by a writer who is a star in inner cities and whose novels have sold an incredible five million copies. Goines was never more hard-boiled than he is here, in this almost Shakespearean revenge fantasy about a hitman whose icy heart melts when his beloved daughter is lured astray by a smooth-talking pimp.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a page turner
this was a really good book. i read it in about a week.
Rating:  - Powerful
Is the first word i can use to describe this book... i read pretty often so this book only took me about 3-4hrs to complete, David Goines writing technique is very descriptive it has turns and leaves u with your mouth open on the last page definety worth checking out i will definetly read more of his books
Rating: - Daddy Cool was the S***!!!
I am a big Donald Goines fan, so I was absolutely thrilled to read this book. Larry Jackson a.k.a. Daddy Cool was a man that put fear into the coldest of hearts. His was as big in statue, as the legendary name he had made for himself. Somber, cold-blooded, and ruthless were his alter egos, because with his daughter he was a regular soccer Dad. He gave her anything her heart so desired, with the money he made from being a Hit-Man. He legally owned a pool hall so his family thought that was wehre he ... Read More
Rating: - 'Daddy Cool' ain't no fool....
Larry Jackson is a hitman. When his teen-aged daughter gets seduced by a sleazy pimp, he sets in motion plans for sweet revenge. When I first heard people calling author Donald Goines the 'Black Shakespeare' I was very skeptical. That is, until I read this book! There are definitely elements of 'Hamlet' and Alexander Dumas' classic 'The Count of Monte Cristo' --- set to a ghetto theme of course. Revenge is a dish best served cold the saying goes and the surprise ending here will have the reader on ... Read More
Rating: - More than what you think initially
This book was much more than what I thought it would be. Goines brings Daddy Cool, a professional hit man, to the forefront. The thing is this is much more than a man out killing people. It's another example of him having a story within a story. His daughter runs away from home after a heated argument one night, and that is when the story really picks up. Now Cool has his job to do, which was stressful enough, and has to locate his daughter, as well as having problems at the house with his two stepsons, ... Read More
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