Whoreson, Donald Goines
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Whoreson
The Story of a Ghetto Pimp

Author: Donald Goines

Narrator: Kevin Kenerly

Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2013

Categories: Fiction, Urban


Synopsis

From one of the most revolutionary writers of the twentieth century comes the uncensored and gritty novel that inspired todays 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 wouldnt have changed it. Whoreson Jones is the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown white john. As a child, hes looked after by his neighborhoods 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, Whoresons 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 mothers words: First be a man, then be a pimp.

Author Bio

Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the US 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, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp. Goines was shot to death in 1974.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Kisha on 2008-08-21 05:11:41

Definitely worth reading.