
"Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure."
--Tupac Shakur The true Black voice of his generation, Donald Goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of today's hip hop culture, influencing major...

For 23 years of his young life, Goines lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea, and ended when he was murdered in a drugs deal at the age of 39.

For 23 years of his young life, Goines lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea, and ended when he was murdered in a drugs deal at the age of 39.

The true black voice of his generation, Donald Goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of today's hip hop culture, influencing major artists from Jay-Z and 50 Cent to Nas and Ghostface Killah. Dopefiend is his classic descent...


For twenty-three years of his young life, Goines lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea, and ended when he was murdered in a drugs deal at the age of 39.






A powerful if horrifying story of the lives of two young heroin addicts as they descend from black middle-class respectability to the degrading agony of being full-time junkies.