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Crime Partners (1978)

by Donald Goines

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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 new look to attract new readers, as well as long-time fans of the legend himself. 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 new look to attract new readers, as well as long-time fans of the legend himself. The godfather of urban lit, Donald Goines captures the raw, uncensored reality of life on the streets with a voice that has shaped hip hop culture. Prison buddies Billy Good and Jackie Walker made time pulling small jobs here and there. Not a bad living if you liked scraping by. The thing to worry about was the next fix. Nothing else mattered. When Billy and Jackie fell in with Kenyatta, a ghetto lord ready to take back the streets, they thought they'd hit the big time. Dealing with drug pushers and crooked cops in the name of justice sure felt good, but in a world where "kindness was the sweetest con of all," every bullet fired echoed with the sound of payback.… (more)
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A quick read, and pretty intense. Also wraps up really quickly. ( )
  Jon_Hansen | Apr 9, 2017 |
I read this for class in library school as an example of "trashy crime/detective fiction." Nowadays, this would fall into the category of "urban fiction," which has exploded in popularity in the last decade or so. Clearly Goines has experienced a resurgence in readership because this reprint was not available when I read the book. My copy looked like someone had kicked it around the floor of a bus station men's room. Unfortunately, Goines died in 1974 (murdered at age 37) so he isn't around to surf the current urban fiction wave. He would probably be treated like a god today. Goines was influenced by Iceberg Slim, a reformed pimp turned author, whose books were notably missing from the shelves of the Richland County Public Library. Here are my comments that I turned in for class:

"This book includes explicit violence and sex described using the most basic, stripped-down sentence structures I've read in a long time [note: don't think I'd read much of the minimalists by that point]. There are a lot of misprints and sometimes even half a word is missing. Race is a big issue, as well as the futile and volatile nature of crime. I have to admit I kinda liked it. Goines is a pretty decent storyteller, even though his writing is pretty horrible." ( )
  S.D. | Apr 4, 2014 |
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Joe Green, better known to his friends and acquaintances as "Jo-Jo," poured the rest of the heroin out of a small piece of tinfoil into the Wild Irish Rose wine bottle top that had been converted into what drug users call a "cooker."
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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 new look to attract new readers, as well as long-time fans of the legend himself. 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 new look to attract new readers, as well as long-time fans of the legend himself. The godfather of urban lit, Donald Goines captures the raw, uncensored reality of life on the streets with a voice that has shaped hip hop culture. Prison buddies Billy Good and Jackie Walker made time pulling small jobs here and there. Not a bad living if you liked scraping by. The thing to worry about was the next fix. Nothing else mattered. When Billy and Jackie fell in with Kenyatta, a ghetto lord ready to take back the streets, they thought they'd hit the big time. Dealing with drug pushers and crooked cops in the name of justice sure felt good, but in a world where "kindness was the sweetest con of all," every bullet fired echoed with the sound of payback.

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