Eldorado Red

Name: Eldorado Red
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Donald Goines
ISBN: 9798855520545

Author: Donald Goines

Narrator: Terrence Kidd

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/23/2024

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Urban, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

When it comes to fast, authentic, hard-hitting street lit, the OG godfather of urban lit was in his bag with this joint set in the streets of 1970s Detroit, where blood isn't always thicker than water.

Eldorado Red has it all—new cars, women, and plenty of money. But when you're the top dog, the sure bet is that someone—everyone—wants to take what you got. You just never think your own flesh and blood will pull the trigger. Now Eldorado's son, Buddy, is on the run. The thing is, Eldorado wants to let him go, but in the law of the streets, retribution has a mind of its own . . .

About Donald Goines

Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the US Air Force instead of going into his family's dry cleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp. Goines was shot to death in 1974.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on November 07, 2016

I loved it!!! I thought this book was funny, disturbing and sad. Had me SMH. Roaches, robberies, drugs, Cadillacs, betrayal, love, lust, jealousy - nonsense and foolishness at it's best. It's a quick read with a lot of cursing and violence, but the story construct is simple and easy to follow. I can......more

Goodreads review by Bernice on July 03, 2008

If you like real Hip-hop you would understand!!!!!!!!!!......more

Goodreads review by sarah on January 31, 2015

I felt like this book was a dud. I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I did any of the other books I have read by Goines. It lacked evocative feeling. It did not make me feel any of the same emotions. It felt like it dragged on and on and I was just waiting for something to happen and nothing did. I......more

Goodreads review by Stevecernak on May 28, 2009

The book's story is fantastic but the dialogue is truly terrible. Donald Goines is a prison author, who needed more seasoning at his craft. Had he been afforded that, this book would have been an all time great.......more

Goodreads review by Riss on March 10, 2025

One of his best so far......more