The Dopefiend: - Couverture souple

Part 2 of the Dopeman's Trilogy, JaQuavis Coleman chillingly chronicles the life and crimes of Harlem resident Hazel Brown, as she rises to the highest highs and spirals into an inevitable, devastating downfall. Hazel has nothing and no one in her life; the only thing she "owns" is an insatiable addiction to heroin. Her addiction brings her to the slums, where she quickly learns the tricks of surviving--of hustling and getting her street smarts. She'll do anything to feed her habit, even if that means robbing and conning and selling her own body. Yet no matter how much heroin she does, the pain that's cut so deep within her never goes away in this story so intimate and compellingly written, you'll feel like you're walking in her shoes.

Hazel Brown is all alone and the only thing she has to her name is her strong addiction to heroin. Willing to do any and everything to feed her habit, she robs, steals, cons and sacrifices her body to feed her insatiable urge. A price is put on her head and her face becomes a target in the city. The Dopefiend is the shocking and edgy sequel to The Dopeman's Wife (Urban Books, 2009, available from Turnaround).