Inner cities, African American criminals, Prostitution, Fiction
Whoreson Jones, the novel's hero, is the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown white john. By the age of sixteen, he is a full-fledged pimp, cold-blooded and ruthless.
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Classical in form, grave, unpretentious and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Donald Goines
- First published
- June 1988
- Pages
- 319
- Publisher
- Holloway House, Holloway House Publishing Company, Holloway House Pub Co
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780870679711
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