Never Die Alone

by Donald Goines

Overview

King David never let anything stand in his way, as he clawed his way out of the mean streets. If it took busting an old lady’s head open with a Coke bottle for her last dollar, so be it. Mixing battery acid with cocaine to gain revenge was acceptable, too. Whatever it took. Then he made it big—only to find others had not forgotten, had no intention of forgiving. They came after him. He left behind a Cadillac and a diary, left it to a writer Donald Goines called “Paul Pawlowski.” Like all Goines’ novels, Never Die Alone is based on truth.

“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870679971
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	4.15(w) x 6.86(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Donald Goines

"The voice of the ghetto itself." 
—The Village Voice 

“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.”
—New Jersey Voice 
 
“Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure.”
—Tupac Shakur

From the Publisher