Clarence cooper jr

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Clarence Cooper Jr was an American author born in Detroit in 1934

Clarence Cooper Jr wrote six novels, all of which probed deep into the underbelly of black America. He worked as an editor for The Chicago Messenger during the fifties but by this stage he heroin habit was working him.

Disillusioned by the hostile response to his fiction, Cooper became increasingly alienated from those around him. He died penniless, strung out and alone in New York City in 1978.

His books include, "The Syndicate", "The Scene", "Black", "Weed", and "The Farm".