{"product_id":"whoreson-isbn-9781496735959","title":"Whoreson","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow reissued with a fresh new look, the first novel written by Donald Goines, one of the most revolutionary writers of the 20th century. Written while he was in prison and rumored to be his most autobiographical, this uncensored, gritty book has gone on to inspire street lit and hip hop culture as we know it today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MASTERPIECE ABOUT A PIMP’S STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE IN DETROIT’S WORLD OF VIOLENCE AND BRUTAL SEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“After my ninth birthday I began to really understand the meaning of my name. I began to understand just what my mother was doing for a living. There was nothing I could do about it, but even had I been able to, I wouldn’t have changed it.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhoreson Jones is the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown white john. As a child, he’s looked after by his neighborhood’s imposing matriarch, Big Mama, while his mother works. At age twelve, his street education begins when a man named Fast Black schools him in trickology. By thirteen, Whoreson’s a cardsharp. By sixteen, his childhood abruptly ends, and he is a full-fledged pimp, cold-blooded and ruthless, battling to understand and live up to his mother’s words: “First be a man, then be a pimp.”\u003cb\u003ePraise for Donald Goines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A true master at depicting street life in its rawest, most authentic form, Mr. Goines mastered the art of storytelling from the darkest corner of America: the ghetto. His brilliance still shines through and touches the soul of modern black culture.” \u003cb\u003e—JaQuavis Coleman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Donald Goines is the most iconic voice in urban fiction. His masterful pen is timeless.” \u003cb\u003e—Ashley Antoinette, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I learned to read on Donald Goines. His books are classics.” \u003cb\u003e—Carl Weber, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and founder of Urban Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A timeless writer, Donald Goines laid the foundation for all who came after. Fifty years later, his novels continue to inspire urban fiction from one generation to the next.” \u003cb\u003e—Wahida Clark, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Machiavelli was my tutor, Donald Goines my father figure.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eTupac Shakur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The voice of the ghetto itself.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Jersey Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Donald Goines is one of Hip Hop’s Greatest Inspirations.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Source Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The godfather of black pulp fiction.” \u003cb\u003e—Salon.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Goines put you right there in the action.” \u003cb\u003e—AllHipHop.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Donald Goines, a brilliant writer of street literature, captures the pain of addiction perfectly.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBlack Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe 18 Best Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Goines’s influence on hip-hop, pulp-fiction, movies, and scores of authors deserves as much praise as a James Baldwin or Richard Wright, who also wrote about Black life in the ghetto.” \u003cb\u003e—Darryl Robertson, hip hop journalist\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Donald Goines was for the streets [in the 70s] what the rappers are today. . . . He was in the streets, of the streets and spoke for the streets.” \u003cb\u003e—Chaz Williams, CEO of Black Hand Entertainment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Donald Goines has become, decades after his death, one of the most influential African-American authors in the African-American literary canon.” \u003cb\u003e—Thumpers Corner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Goines\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family’s dry cleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, \u003ci\u003eDopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp.\u003c\/i\u003e Goines was shot to death in 1974.","brand":"Holloway House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300031647973,"sku":"NP9781496735959","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781496735959.jpg?v=1767744244","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/whoreson-isbn-9781496735959","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}