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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

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Written in solitary confinement, the author's memoir of 16 years as a gangbanger in Los Angeles makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience.

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After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, 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. In a document that has been compared toThe Autobiography of Malcolm Xand Eldridge CleaversSoul on Ice, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of Americas inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience today.

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geraldine1051, March 10, 2009 (view all comments by geraldine1051)
I am white, and I've never been to LA, let alone South Central LA. I felt like I was reading about people on an alien planet. It is easy to see why the gang culture is perpetuated. Sanyika is a good writer, and while I certainly cannot relate to him as a gangbanger, I do see him as another human being, doing the best he can in this crazy world. I hope you will read this book!
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ISBN:
9780802141446
Other:
Shakur, Sanyika
Publisher:
Grove Press
Author:
Shakur, Sanyika
Subject:
Gangs
Subject:
Gang members
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Violence in Society
Subject:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
California
Subject:
Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles.
Subject:
Shakur, Sanyika
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
2004
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20040631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in 14 oz
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After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, 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. In a document that has been compared toThe Autobiography of Malcolm Xand Eldridge CleaversSoul on Ice, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of Americas inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience today.
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