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Publication date 2004 topics prostitution, african american criminals. He was also one of worlds most popular black contemporary writers. Whoreson by donald goines meet your next favorite book. Donald goines is wellknown among urban audiences as the author of 16 novels, works that depict the life of gangsters, hustlers, pimps and drug addicts with uncanny authenticity. See all books authored by donald goines, including whoreson. The gripping story of whoreson james, the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown john. December 15, 1936 october 21, 1974 was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction. His story of the things that happened to him as he grew into a young pimp will be sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. A startling insight into the mean streets of the tough. Kenyatta is leading his gang of murderersblack seperatists against detroits white drug lords and the intolerant white police officers of the detroit pd. Sep 22, 2018 donald goines whoreson the story of a ghetto pimp. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years.
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