Monster: The Autobiography of an L. a. Gang Member - Softcover

Shakur, Sanyika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140232257 ISBN 13: 9780140232257

Publisher: Penguin, 1994

Synopsis

Writing from solitary confinement, a former member of Los Angeles's notorious gang, The Crips, recounts his baptism by violence into the gang at age eleven and his evolution behind bars into a militant black nationalist. Reprint. 60,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.

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Review:

"A shockingly raw, frightening portrait of gang life in South Central Los Angeles today." -Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times""I propose to open my mind as wide as possible to allow my readers the first ever glimpse at South Central from my side of the gun, street, fence, and wall." -Monster Kody Scott""Monster"is unquestionably one of the most disturbingly authentic triumphs of the human spirit ever executed in print." -"Los Angeles Times"

About the Author:

Written in solitary confinement, Kody Scott (aka Sanyika Shakur)'s memoir Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member describes sixteen years as a gangbanger in Los Angeles. It was a best-seller that was published in ten languages, selling more than 300,000 copies in the United States alone. Twelve-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name Monster for committing acts of brutality and violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell, a complete political and personal transformation followed: from Monster to Sanyika Shakur, black nationalist, member of the New Afrikan Independence Movement, and crusader against the causes of gangsterism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140232257
• ISBN 13: 9780140232257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400