Swamp Man [Mass Market Paperback]

Donald Goines (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Holloway House; 1st edition (January 1, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870676245
• ISBN-13: 978-0870676246
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Donald Goines was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. From 1969 through 1974 he published 16 novels with Holloway House, which are now recognized as blood-soaked and almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A LITTLE DISTURBING, November 1, 2004

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L. Thompson "SUNSHINE26" (NEW JERSEY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swamp Man (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book in two days. It was a good book but the whole book was so sad I just cant believe that the main character George would allow these men the Jones boys to continuously rape his sister once a week for 2 years its bad enough that they gave her the spanish fly (farmers use this to mate cattle) drink that made her go crazy but on top of that they were bold enough to come around once a week and rape her over and over again for 2 years unbelievable i was cringing though this whole book

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disturbance..., September 17, 2004

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn "Message from Montie" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swamp Man (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the eighth book tht I've read from Goines and by far, the most disturbing. Had I read this book first, I would've never picked up another. It's not that he's a bad writer because he is really really good (great dialogue, great plots, intriguing characters when he diversifies them), but all his topics drain me out. Reading about a rape for about sixty percent of the book should drain the average person out. Reading about a situation where the father is murdered is one thing, but the two men in her life turtle-walking to revenge is another. I don't even understand what Goines expects to accomplish with this book besides upsetting people. Not one positive thing came from this book and I know all books don't necessarily have happy endings, but I didn't even learn anything from this book. Then again, none of the other books did either, so why am I surprised? I've had enough of reading this author!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yeah it's disturbing, June 21, 2005

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soulonice (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swamp Man (Mass Market Paperback)

I wasn't too crazy about this one. Goines usually sets his stories in the inner-city, but he decided to go into the swamps of Mississippi for this one. George(Swamp Man) watches his little sister get brutally raped at the hands of some white boys, and he slowly plots his revenge. Some of the scenes in the book will disturb you. I've read all 16 of his books, and this was the last I read and thought I had read it all until I read this.