This marks the first appearance in trade paperback of any book by a writer who is a star in inner cities and whose novels have sold an incredible five million copies. Goines was never more hard-boile
Johnny Washington, a black teenager in Los Angeles, knows the freight yard like the back of his hand. He and his pals, Josh and Buddy, hit them often, stealing for a fence. They have to. They're the s
From one of the most revolutionary writers of the twentiethcentury comes the uncensored and gritty novel that inspired today's street litand hip-hop culture.After my ninthbirthday, I began to really u
Teenagers Sandra and Chink fall in love after they start selling drugs in inner-city Los Angeles, but when he goes to jail and Sandra is later raped, Chink escapes to seek revenge against the men resp
Clawing his way to the top, pimp Earl the Black Pearl believes he is untouchable, but when someone put a hit on his friends, he has to fight back to save his own life.
Born and bred to the violent life of ghetto prostitution, the son of a beautiful Black prostitute and an unknown john, Whoreson Jones thinks he has it all figured out--until his self assurance is shak
