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The white powder looked innocent as it lay there in the open, but this was the drug of the damned, the curse of mankind. Heroin, what some call smack, others junk, snow, stuff, poison, horse—it had different names, but it still had the same effect. To all of its users—to all of the dopefiends in the Detroit ghetto—it was slow death.

Donald Goines

Donald Goines

Donald Goines

Born: December 15, 1936

Died: October 21, 1974 (aged 37)

Bio: Donald Goines was an African-American writer of urban fiction. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim.

Known for:

Dopefiend (1971)
Whoreson
Black Girl Lost (1973)
Black Gangster (1972)
White Mans Justice Black Mans Grief (1973)

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