Dopefiend
 

Dopefiend

by Donald Goines

For twenty-three years of his life Donald Goinse lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea and ended with his murder at the age of thirty nine. He had worked up to a hundred dollars a day habit and out of the agonizing hell came Dopefiend! It is the shocking nightmare story of a black heroin addict. Trapped in the festering... (read more)

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I.B.  Freeman
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i grew up during the crack era so reading this book for me was a scientific study. I learned why drug addicts do what they do, and what kind of realm they live in.

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  • bdoe

    bdoe said:

    How do you feel about the graphic illusration the author gave in this book about the addiction to heroin?

    posted Friday, October 12 2007 ( | view 3 replies )
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