
First novel in the Kenyatta series, lays bare the bloody brutal world of crime in the black ghetto where, as Goines puts it, kindness is the sweetest con of all'.'

Donald Goines, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, has influenced many of today's urban writers with his gritty, realistic look at the streets. For the first time in years, his classic Crime Partners is now repackaged and reissued in trade with a whole...

Donald Goines's powerful first novel in the Kenyatta series lays bare the bloody, brutal world of crime in the black ghetto--where, as Goines puts it, "kindness is the sweetest con of all." Here is the gutsy and often shocking world of Billy and Jackie, prison buddies on the...


First novel in the Kenyatta series, lays bare the bloody brutal world of crime in the black ghetto where, as Goines puts it, kindness is the sweetest con of all'.'


First novel in the Kenyatta series, lays bare the bloody brutal world of crime in the black ghetto where, as Goines puts it, kindness is the sweetest con of all.''


Goines' powerful first novel lays bare the bloody, brutal world of crime in the black ghetto - where as Goines put it 'kindness was the sweetest con of all.' Here is the gutsy and often shocking world of Billy and Jackie, prison buddies on the streets, and hot on the trigger...