Low Road

by Eddie B. Allen, Jr.

  —Eddie Stone, Donald Writes No More (Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1974): quoted material.

  —Interview with Bentley Morriss: quoted material.

  —Interview with Paul Lee: quoted material.

  —Interview with Dr. Kenneth Cole: quoted material.

  —La Liberte’ de l’Est: quoted material.

  —Interview with Robert Skinner: quoted material.

  LOW ROAD: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DONALD GOINES. Copyright © 2004 by Eddie B. Allen, Jr. Foreword © 2004 by DMX. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  www.stmartins.com

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Allen, Eddie B.

  Low road : the life and legacy of Donald Goines / Eddie B. Allen Jr.

  p. cm.

  ISBN-13: 978-0-312-38351-0

  ISBN-10: 0-312-38351-7

  1. Goines, Donald, 1936–1974. 2. Novelists, American—20th century—Biography. 3. African American novelists—Biography. 4. African American criminals—Biography. 5. African Americans in literature. 6. Inner cities in literature. 7. Violence in literature. 8. Crime in literature. I. Title.

  PS3557.O3255 Z54 2004

  813'.54—dc22

  [B]

  2004049078

  First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: May 2008

  eISBN 9781466838628

  First eBook edition: January 2013