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Never Die Alone
King David never let anything stand in his way, as he clawed his way out of tyhe 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 ca...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 224 pages
Published
September 1st 2000
by Holloway House Publishing Company
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A shocking expose on the rise and fall of King David
I told you'll that I was going to read it! I was pleased to see how close the book, and movie were to one another! With very minor differences.
What's that saying? You live by the sword you die by the sword. OH YES! King David was a grimy dude insistent on doing whatever it took to get whatever he wanted and the cost didn't matter. Your last dollar, your dignity, your life he took and took until the tables flipped and hi...more
I told you'll that I was going to read it! I was pleased to see how close the book, and movie were to one another! With very minor differences.
What's that saying? You live by the sword you die by the sword. OH YES! King David was a grimy dude insistent on doing whatever it took to get whatever he wanted and the cost didn't matter. Your last dollar, your dignity, your life he took and took until the tables flipped and hi...more
The French newspaper La Croix said of Donald Goines that he "...dives into the hellish world of the ghetto dear to Chester Himes, minus the humor." Unlike most of the paternalistic, misguided, and subtly racist "international raves" from French publications that are printed in every Holloway House edition of Goines's novels, this is actually a pretty good description of his writing, and gets to the heart of both what I like and don't like about his novels. Like Himes, Goines ...more
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This book is cold. It's one of the shorter Goines tales but also one of the most entertaining. It's interesting that the only praise-worthy character is the Polish writer of Jewish ancestry. Everybody else are selfish hustlers, con-men and drug dealers. The background characters were not spared Goines contempt, including the man simply trying to get some decent sleep in Pawlowski's building. Does this tale reflect the way Donald Goines view of his community? I wonder.
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The book was much better then the movie...although the movie hit on several key points, in the book the main character King David seemed more RUTHLESS!!
Saw the movie and wanted to read the book. Can't really say that i liked the book but I can't say I disliked it.
I read the book before I saw the movie. The movie was good but the book is always better.
why'd they pick this one to make a movie out of?
What can I say...I like the author!
My favorite Donald Goines Book.
Although I do count prison/street pulp to be it's own important category, nothing really new here. Almost seems like Goines might have been working on some larger work, or should have been. Not as hardcore as 'Dopefiend'. I'll check some more of his stuff down the line. I assume It'll fall somewhere halfway between this and Dopefiend.
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I've read ever book by Goines.
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