It was his second published novel, after 1971's "Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie." "Whoreson" was brought out in 1972 by Slim's publisher, Holloway House, which specialized in African American works. Iceberg Slim's works such as his seminal "Pimp" inspired Goines to write the semi-autobiographical "Whoreson," a novel about a mack born to his trade as the son of a street-walker. However, he found his muse when he discovered the writings of the ultra-cool Iceberg Slim, the legendary pimp and raconteur. Goines had first, while barred up and reduced to wearing prison stripes, tried his hand at writing Westerns, but he was uninspired by the genre. He wrote his first two novels while in stir. In and out of jail, he was incarcerated for a total of six and one-half of the first 15 years after he left the service. In addition to theft and armed robbery, he also engaged in bootlegging, numbers running and pimping. Like many addicts, Goines turned to crime to support his jones. Unable to get straight, it was hard to fly right with such a burden, even for an ex-air man. Eventually, the monkey was demanding a century-note's worth of junk a day to remain calm and not run his claws through Goines' body and soul. During his three-year stint in USAF blues, he became a heroin addict while stationed in Korea and Japan, a monkey on his back that clung to him when he rejoined civilian life in 1955. In 1952, Goines enlisted in the US Air Force at the age of 17, lying about his age to enlist. He was sent to Catholic school by his family, who expected young Donald to get his education and eventually work in the family's laundry business.
Clark" in his brief literary career, was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1937. Robert Goines, the African American writer who turned out 16 novels under his own name and his pseudonym "Al C.
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