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by: Donald Goines
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780870679384
ISBN: 0870679384
Label: Holloway House Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Holloway House Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 319
Publication Date: May 31, 2007
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 68692
Studio: Holloway House Publishing Company
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Book Description:
For twenty-three years of his life Donald Goinse lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea and ended with his murder at the age of thirty nine. He had worked up to a hundred dollars a day habit and out of the agonizing hell came Dopefiend! It is the shocking nightmare story of a black heroin addict. Trapped in the festering sore of a major American ghetto, a young man and his girlfriend- both handsome, talented, and full of promise- are inexorably pulled into death of the hardcore junkie!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very Real
This book was very realistic, i love this author and since reading this book i have purchased more of his books...
Rating:  - Not for the faint hearted.
Fictional account of two black young adults going from being for the most part normal people descending from that to full blown heroin addicts seemingly overnight. Also delves into the lives of other characters in the drug scene, one dealer in particular and a few other addicts. The author of this book, Donald Goines, along with Iceberg Slim (Iceberg Slim actually came first and was a big influence on Goines) more or less created the ghetto crime fiction genre. This wasn't a bad read but I found ... Read More
Rating: - EvEn bAcK IN Tha dAY. .. UrBaN LiT WAS hOtt
FIRST OFF, when i first thought about reading this book. i didnt think it would be good but Donald goines made what urban lit is today he started hood books the way he went about writing this book still is amazing. it shows just how much a girl will do to make her dude like her or vise versa hands down a 5 star book. yall gotta read it
Rating:  - An Overall Disappointment
I have seen from reading a number of Donald Goines reviews on this site and from hearing the praises from others; that Donald Goines has a large number of fans. This book also appears to be one of his most popular ones. Unfortunately for me at least, I thought this book was not very interesting. The story telling was nothing spectular when it's all said and done.
The beginning of the novel had me completely wrapped up in the story. I was literally scared as Goines described the female ... Read More
Rating: - You never know!
This book was crazy!!! I couldnt put it down. If your from the streets you will easily relate to the book. Its a real look into the world of a true heroin addict. The moral of the story is dont even start.
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