Daddy Cool

by Donald Goines

Book Overview

Larry Jackson, better known as Daddy Cool, is a ruthlessly efficient black hit man, equally effective with a gun or a knife in nailing his prey. The only thing that can melt his icy heart is his love for his teenage daughter Janet. But when the smooth talking youngblood pimp Ronald lures her into his stable, Daddy Cool must go into action with a fearsome vengeance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393316645
• ISBN13: 9780393316643
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

My personal review

The belittling of women seem to be the most vivid forms of imagery expressed by Goines. I can see where the author was going, but Daddy Cool was a terrible choice for the main character who has such a hot temper & got his a$$ beat. The dilemma, which was short lived, he faced wasn't so much his daughter but his step children & daughter. I did like Buddy & Earl though. Everyone seems to love Goines, but if I had to base my decision just reading this book, I'm on the opposite side of the fence.

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

More than what you think initially

This book was much more than what I thought it would be. Goines brings Daddy Cool, a professional hit man, to the forefront. The thing is this is much more than a man out killing people. It's another example of him having a story within a story. His daughter runs away from home after a heated argument one night, and that is when the story really picks up. Now Cool has his job to do, which was stressful enough, and has to locate his daughter, as well as having problems at the house with his two stepsons, who know all too well what was going on without letting Daddy Cool know about it until it was too late. Another classic by a classic writer.

DADDY COOL NOT NO FOOL

Tiffany Morris Oak Park MI The book DADDY COOL By Donald Goines was filled with extream amounts of action and a few heartwarm moments.Basicly the book is about a guy Larry Jackson or better known as Daddy Cool to his friends and family. He's a black hit man and his clients know that he is the best. He could pull a trigger or toss a knife and never blink an eye. All that counts to him is the bread. That and his daughter Janet. Her reespect and love means everything to him.He gives her presents and a lot of his hit money in hopes of buying them. But his daughter is smoothed talked by this guy Ronald, a young blood pimp out to make a name for himself on the streets.Ronald calls Daddy Cool Daddy Fool, but Daddy Cool is nobodys fool.Soon Ronald will discover that or will he?

A modern urban classic

Daddy Cool is one of Donald Goines's best books. Goines has to be respected for not taking the easy way out with his characters. Daddy Cool is not so much a novel about a hitman as it is about a father in sudden turmoil, faced with conflicting loyalties. As with his other books, this Goines novel can't be appreciated with a closed mind. His writing style is straight forward and graphic. Unlike many writers, he doesn't do it for shook value. There is no mistaking what he wants you to see or how his characters feel. He writes from experience and tells you a fictional story set in a very real world. It's not pretty, but reality rarely is.

Why are hit men so miscaninthropic?

This is another boonie dog book review from Wolfie and Kansas. The novel "Daddy Cool" by Donald Goines is about a professional hit man. In the opening pages, the hit man murders a watch dog in cold blood. In his book "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors", Rex Feral has a section on bumping off watch dogs. We wonder what is wrong with North American hit men. Here on Guam, crooks realize it is easier to bribe us to be quiet with canned meat than to kill us.As we were reading "Daddy Cool", we thought we found a few things to nitpick about--an occasional scene that strained our willing suspension of disbelief, a passage here and there that seemed too brusque. However, when we finished the book, we realized the sun was setting. We had spent the entire afternoon reading "Daddy Cool" straight through in one sitting, without taking a single break to munch on Milk Bones, bark at passing traffic, or chase a cat. That does not happen to us often. The power and sustained suspense of Goines's writing just snuck up on us. That is why we give "Daddy Cool" a high rating despite the miscaninthropic opening.