[.ca] White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief (ISBN 087067885X)

THE TRUTH:
White mans justice,black mans greif is one of the best from Donald Goines.It takes you on a trip to the county jail,a place no black man ever wants to see at the time,or any time i'd say.Chester Hinens is arrested on a c-c-w charge carrying a concealed weapon,to make matters worst he has a long rap sheet.Chester is the average black man so when his bail was set very high he had to wait for trial in the county jail where he meets a young man that he becames very close to.While awaiting his trial and sentencing him and his new friend Willie got to be good friends,but in the end friends can betray you and really screw your life up and that's what happend.The story overall is a great one,everything that happens or has ever happened in the jail system is in this book,it's the truth about the great system that we are entered in when you make the mistake of catching a felony.Another classic

I liked it:
I must start off by saying the book was really grapic at times but over all it was a good book i am not going to tell the story but it's one for the collection. bye it

I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT OUT THE JOINT:
I just finished reading the book and WOW is all I have to say. This is not OZ this is some real sounding stuff here. There was nothing going on outside to these men, this book took place within the walls of the county jail for the most part and finally in a penitentary. it validates what most men say after their visits there. it was interesting how he spolighted some of the characters and told their story. everybody has a story there. it sounds weird to say that this is a masterpiece of prison life but it is. donald clearly knew his topic very well and brought some very interesting issues to light, particularly the bail bond issue. There were characters in there that I felt for and some unbearable characters which all added a sense of realism to this story. i often found myslef wondering which of the characters reflected the most of donald goines because he told this story with such grittiness it seemed like a memory. funny thing is most of the conditions at the time of this book remain the same. i couldnt see it having a happy ending, our main character was righteous at times but also very deeply affected by the way he had already led his life which undoubtedly would come back to haunt him.

His own worst enemy:
Chester Himes, the main character in this book (based on a real life author who wrote about serving time), is caught with a concealed weapon and is sent to jail. While the author goes to great lengths to point out the racial injustice in the penal system the main problem is this man's own behavior. Actually this book shows that crime doesn't pay. In a sense the main character got what he deserved, he killed his wife and got away with it but wound up spending the rest of his life in jail anyway. I'm not as convinced as some of the other reviewers that this book demonstrates the injustice of the penal system or is a "typical black man's experience". It does demonstrate that what comes around goes around. Chester Himes got what was coming to him.

DOWN AND DIRTY:
This book was down and dirty all the way to the end! This book told the truth about the prison system and what goes on behind prison walls. If you wanted to know anything about jail, read this book and you would know. Once again Goines holds nothing back and goes into detail. THIS IS ANOTHER MUST READ BY THE BEST AUTHOR!