Donald Writes No More

by Eddie Stone

Book Overview

The Eddie Stone biography of the great Donald Goines, addict, thief, pimp, pusher, hoodlum, bootlegger, and a writer the mainstream press and critical journals only discovered in recent years. The complete Donald Goines story!

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870677330
• ISBN13: 9780870677335
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Holloway House Publishing Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Donald G.

Donald was my favorite author. I have read every book he has published. So it seems only fit to read the biography. It was well written, and it kind of gave some insite to his writing style. I really enjoyed this book.

treated with dignity

Mr. Stone does a fine job here. I had read some of Donald Goines' books more than a decade ago (when I could find them) and thought they were brutal, but truthful--and that's what we want from our literature, at least I do; I like the truth and stay clear of b.s. I'm a white dude by the way, and to me skin color does not matter; what matters is the quality of the writing, the quality of the art--and Donald Goines had it and Mr. Stone has it. I always wondered about the author of Dopefiend, Inner City Hoodlum and other titles; who was he and what happened to him? Why was he silenced and who was behind his murder? Well, we still do not know who killed this talented writer, but at least now with Eddie Stone's effort DONALD WRITES NO MORE we know where Donald Goines came from and what he was about. Writing, as for many others, was the light at the end of that dark tunnel for him and may have eventually pulled him through...and now, because he was murdered, we'll never know...but at least we have his books and Eddie Stones' biography of the man. Highly recommend it to anyone who can appreciate the works of Donald Goines and well-written biographies. We are grateful to Holloway House for standing behind these guys, as well others like Odie Hawkins and Iceberg Slim. They saw value in what these writers had to say long before the majority of the people in the U.S. ever did, although quite a few readers appear to be finally catching on--and we're happy about that!

Amazing

This book made me understand who Donald Goines was. You almost get a mystical feeling as to why he wrote so many books in such a short time. God used him to vividly show his readers the effects of the drugs... The cowards that killed him can run but they can't hide. I was four years old when he died and I did not discover him until I was grown and in the military. The first book I read was dopefiend. Now here it is the year 2000 and I'm one of his number one fans and his legacy still lives on...