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Whoreson : The Story of a Ghetto Pimp

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From one of the most revolutionary writers of the twentieth century comes the uncensored and gritty novel that inspired today's street lit and hip-hop culture.

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.

Whoreson 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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781482948233
  • ISBN-10: 1482948230
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish Date: December 2013
  • Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.2 pounds

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