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Daddy Cool
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing,U.S. (2003-12-01)
ISBN: 0870679295
EAN: 9780870679292
Dewy Decimal #: 741.5973
Paperback: 224 pages
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Customer Reviews
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A vivid dipiction of street life and fatherhood.
Rating  (4)
Date: 1999-06-13
Donald Goines' passionate tale of love, betrayal, and the thickness of blood is aptly potrayed in this hard-boiled novel. His economy of words and clear mental images give this book a driving force that compells the reader to imerse himself/herself in the character's engulfing emotions. A very quick read, it will provide anyone--who is a fan of pimps, players, and hustlers--great entertainment. This is an asset to anyones crime fiction library.
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Outdated Black Folks
Rating  (2)
Date: 1997-11-20
Written in 1974, it certainly is outdated. But even 20-odd years ago, this book could not have been very good. Limited imaginatiom running wild and in the wrong direction.
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Why are hit men so miscaninthropic?
Rating  (5)
Date: 1997-10-08
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is another boonie dog book review from Wolfie and Kansas. The novel "Daddy Cool" by Donald Goines is about a professional hit man. In the opening pages, the hit man murders a watch dog in cold blood. In his book "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors", Rex Feral has a section on bumping off watch dogs. We wonder what is wrong with North American hit men. Here on Guam, crooks realize it is easier to bribe us to be quiet with canned meat than to kill us.As we were reading "Daddy Cool", we thought we found a few things to nitpick about--an occasional scene that strained our willing suspension of disbelief, a passage here and there that seemed too brusque. However, when we finished the book, we realized the sun was setting. We had spent the entire afternoon reading "Daddy Cool" straight through in one sitting, without taking a single break to munch on Milk Bones, bark at passing traffic, or chase a cat. That does not happen to us often. The power and sustained suspense of Goines's writing just snuck up on us. That is why we give "Daddy Cool" a high rating despite the miscaninthropic opening.
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Retail Price: £6.99
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