Whoreson (3)

Whoreson
By Donald Goines
Read 4/24/11

Donald Goines was a Michigan writer of some note before being killed in 1974. He wrote about the black urban experience. This book starts in the 40's with a baby born to a prostitute and follow him as he grows up in the slums of Detroit and quickly learns the game, running prostitutes and scams so he can lead the easy life. The book is an interesting look a the ghettos of the 1950s and how the man would do anything to get to the ends.. with no regard to the people he crushed on his way.
Highly recommended, I will have to pick up some of his other novels!