Eldorado Red
by Donald Goines
Publication Date: Oct 28, 2014
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780758294654
Imprint: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Parent Company: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Paperback Description:
Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. 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.
Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. 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.
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