{"product_id":"book-7919","title":"Whoreson","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\u003eWhoreson 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 Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301604073776,"sku":"BD7919","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301604139312,"sku":"ZE7919","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301604172080,"sku":"ZM7919","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/7919-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775723207","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-7919","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}