Cry Revenge - by Donald Goines (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's not that Curtis Carson is hating on the Latinos in his backyard dice games. He just happens to roll the dice better. But the Latinos don't see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally gunned down in a barroom shoot-out because of Curtis's dealings with the drug dealer Fat George, it's Curtis who ends up with a target on his back and his brother who ends up with a wrecked body far from the hoop dreams he once harbored. If things aren't tragic enough, Curtis is hell-bent on setting things straight. He's on a deadly path of vengeance that will leave the streets running red with Black and Latino blood..." --

Book Synopsis

When a young Black man sees his brother's dreams shattered, he takes to the streets to start a war. Even if that's exactly what "the system" expects in this bold action-packed urban thriller from Donald Goines, the OG master of urban lit . . .

It's not that Curtis Carson is hating on the Latinos in his backyard dice games. He just happens to roll the dice better. But the Latinos don't see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally gunned down in a barroom shoot-out because of Curtis's dealings with the drug dealer Fat George, it's Curtis who ends up with a target on his back and his brother who ends up with a wrecked body far from the hoop dreams he once harbored. If things aren't tragic enough, Curtis is hell-bent on setting things straight. He's on a deadly path of vengeance that will leave the streets running red with Black and Latino blood . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for Donald Goines:

"Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure." --Tupac Shakur

"The voice of the ghetto itself." --The Village Voice

"Donald Goines, a brilliant writer of street literature captures the pain of addiction perfectly." --Black Enterprise, The 18 Best Books of All Time on Dopefiend

"Goines' influence on hip-hop, pulp-fiction, movies, and scores of authors deserves as much praise as a James Baldwin or Richard Wright, who also wrote about Black life in the ghetto." --Darryl Robertson, Hip hop journalist

"A true master at depicting street life in it rawest, most authentic form, Mr. Goines mastered the art of storytelling from the darkest corner of America: the ghetto. His brilliance still shines through and touches the soul of modern black culture." --JaQuavis Coleman, New York Times bestselling author

"Donald Goines is the most iconic voice in urban fiction. His masterful pen is timeless." --Ashley Antoinette, New York Times bestselling author

"I learned to read on Donald Goines. His books are classics." --Carl Weber, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Urban Books

"A timeless writer, Donald Goines laid the foundation for all who came after. Fifty years later, his novels continue to inspire urban fiction from one generation to the next." --Wahida Clark, New York Times bestselling author

"He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators." --New Jersey Voice

"Donald Goines is one of Hip Hop's Greatest Inspirations." --The Source Magazine

"The godfather of black pulp fiction." --Salon.com

"Goines put you right there in the action." --AllHipHop.com

"Donald Goines was for the streets [in the 70s] what the rappers are today...He was in the streets, of the streets and spoke for the streets." --Chaz Williams, CEO of Black Hand Entertainment

"Donald Goines has become, decades after his death, one of the most influential African-American authors in the African-American literary canon." --Thumpers Corner

About the Author

Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family's drycleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp. Goines was shot to death in 1974.