{"product_id":"2940169900576","title":"Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123088179440,"sku":"2940169900576","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169900576_p0.jpg?v=1769902044","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169900576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}