Never Die Alone, Donald Goines
Never Die Alone, Donald Goines
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Never Die Alone

Author: Donald Goines

Narrator: Leon Nixon

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/24/2020


Synopsis

Donald Goines, one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, has influenced many of today's urban writers with his gritty, realistic look at the streets. Now, his classic expose of a drug dealer's brutal rise to the top of Cocaine Mountain is available for the first time in audio to attract new audiences, as well as long-time fans of the legend himself.

King David was determined to claw his way out of the mean streets of New York City any way he could. It didn't matter if that meant battering and robbing old people, conning the innocent, or even killing a kid's mother. Lacing cocaine with battery acid for revenge was acceptable too. Ultimately, it meant leaving town. Now King's made it big, and made his way back, flush with cash and a Cadillac. But he hasn't been forgotten—or forgiven. And when payback time hits, he's only got one wish—not to die alone.

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 Adam on March 04, 2008

The French newspaper La Croix said of Donald Goines that he "...dives into the hellish world of the ghetto dear to Chester Himes, minus the humor." Unlike most of the paternalistic, misguided, and subtly racist "international raves" from French publications that are printed in every Holloway House e......more

Goodreads review by Selena on August 02, 2017

Fire baby hot love this man!......more

Goodreads review by Nardsbaby on January 07, 2009

A shocking expose on the rise and fall of King David I told you'll that I was going to read it! I was pleased to see how close the book, and movie were to one another! With very minor differences. What's that saying? You live by the sword you die by the sword. OH YES! King David was a grimy dude insi......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on May 24, 2009

I liked this but nowhere near as much as I liked Black Gangster which I read about a month or two ago. This is pretty short and it almost seems like Goines just wanted to push something out. Like he wanted to get another book written, published and on the shelves or something. I'm not saying it's ba......more

Goodreads review by Mrs Tupac on February 13, 2019

This book was even better than the movie wish it was longer. Donald Goines really had the gift of story telling.......more