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by: Donald Goines
Binding: Unknown Binding
Label: Holloway House
Manufacturer: Holloway House
Number Of Pages: 279
Publication Date: 1972
Publisher: Holloway House
Sales Rank: 5971676
Studio: Holloway House
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Product Description:
Goines takes the reader into the violent world of ghetto prostitution. Whoreson Jones, the novel's hero, is the son of a beautiful black prosititute and an unknown white john. By the age of sixteen, he is a fully- fledged pimp, cold blooded, ruthless. Written in gritty street talk, Whoreson's story affords a startling glimpse into the hell of the inner city, yet brisrles with bitter humor and defiant pride.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This book was on point.
I really liked the book I absolutely could not put it down I felt compelled to find out what happened next. He painted a picture of what life was on the the street and it felt like you were going through the story with the characters.
Rating: - too good to put down
This book is to good to put down Donald was an awesome writer.This book keeps you in suspense of whats next I loved it in fact I went and bought everything Donald every wrote.
Rating: - Must get more Donald Goines
I've heard of him, but I never read any of his books. Until now, I decided to give him a try. My mother kept telling me I needed to read his novels and I kept putting it off. Well that's not going to happen anymore. Whoreson is the first Donald Goines book I've read, and I must say that I will definitly read all of his novels. These new comers that write about street life has nothing on him. I've read a lot of them and none have really impressed me the way Donald Goines has.
Rating:  - Mixed bag of emotions--first Goines novel I read
Whoreson is the first Goines novel I have read thus far. I have to say the book was a very mixed bag for me. The characters were well written but many of the events that unfold seem very unlikely for me. The most outrageous was the dinner scene where a future prositute named Fatima just jumps from behind the counter and becomes Whoreson's prositute. I have never seen anything like this before[perhaps Goines saw this in his short experiance as a pimp]. Somebody actually naming their son[even ... Read More
Rating: - Dudes, calm down...
This novel isn't all that and I can't recommend it. I agree with the others who said it's pretty far-fetched, starting with the main character's given name. Everyone's personalities were inconsistent and the range of each character's traits was illogical. The square love story involving the annoyingly prudish Janet was unrealistic and left a very bad taste in my mouth. I was disturbed that the book's writer went out of his way to punish every person that crossed his cherished main character, Whoreson (shudder), ... Read More
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