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[...]Goines's books still sell more than 200,000
copies a year, according to Bentley Morriss, chief
executive of Holloway House, the small Los Angeles
publisher of Goines and the hugely popular Iceberg
Slim (Robert Beck). Mr. Morriss estimates that sales
of Goines's books have surpassed five million.

Goines's narratives offer a painfully vivid account of
the black underworld, where Cadillacs, crooked cops
and dilapidated buildings abound and whores, corner
hustlers, pushers and thieves thrive. It is a world he
knew all too well. [...] Driven by a need to support
his drug habit, Goines wrote at a feverish pace,
sometimes finishing books in less than month, Mr.
Morriss said. His novels at times have the hurried
feel of a first draft. "He was a junkie, but you'd
never know it," said Mr. Morriss, who remembered
Goines as introspective and low-key, standing just
over 5 foot 6. "His eyes were always sharp, and he
always wore long sleeves." [...] 


<http://nytimes.com/2004/03/25/books/25XGOIN.html>

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