Product Description

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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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133333 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Entertainment Weekly, Suzanne Ruta
Goines's novels have sold millions of copies in the inner cities (rappers are big fans). Originally published in 1974, this high-profile paperback reprint takes him mainstream. It's about time.

Quarterly Black Review, Dominic Ali
Goines manages to walk the line between heartfelt sentiment and melodrama. Best of all, he fully explores the complex inter-relationships of his characters. And don't worry, there is still plenty of tough gangsta stylin' and explosive violence to make hard-core gangsta rappers look like stone-cold punks.

About the Author
Donald Goines was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. From 1969 through 1974 he published 16 novels with Holloway House, which are now recognized as blood-soaked and almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience.

Customer Reviews

a page turner
this was a really good book. i read it in about a week.

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

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 got his money. He was quick with his knife and taught his daughter to master the art as well.

The turning point in their father-daughter relationship came when Daddy Cool got wind that his daughter was seeing the neighborhood pimp. He lost control and hit his daugher, causing her to leave home and find out that Daddy cool was no fool after all. The pimp turned his daughter out just as he had predicted. On top of that his stepsons were regularly robbing the numbers men in the community.

This book had a helluva plot, with realistic characters and a whole lot of action. It was the S***. If you haven't read this one then you need to go and get it today. I read this book in THREE hours. It was just that good. You won't be disappointed in this one.