Kenyatta's Escape
Donald Goines, “the godfather of black pulp fiction” (Salon.com) and “one of hip hop’s greatest inspirations” (The Source Magazine), is among the most influential and revered urban authors of all time. Now the third book in his groundbreaking Kenyatta series is reissued and repackaged with a dynamic new look to captivate a new generation of crime fiction readers…
Donald Goines never lets up with this raw portrayal of one man’s fight to rid the streets of drugs and crooked cops . . .
If you want to rule the streets, you can’t get bum rushed—a stone-cold fact Kenyatta’s learned through brutal firsthand experience. He’s got the guns and the soldiers, a street-smart army raised on desperation and injustice and ready to fight…
$22.99
November 28, 2023Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family’s dry cleaning 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.