T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. by Sanyika Shakur

T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. by Sanyika Shakur

A street lit novel that's "a visceral and strikingly real portrayal of gang life in Los Angeles" from the author of the bestselling memoir Monster (Publishers Weekly).

T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. is a vicious, heart-wrenching and true-to-life novel about an LA gang member that masterfully captures the violence and depravity of gang life. Shakur's protagonist is Lapeace, the leader of the Eight Tray Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles. In a deadly gunfight with Anyhow, a Blood and Lapeace's rival since childhood, eight innocent civilians are killed. Anyhow is captured. Lapeace becomes a fugitive and he must hide out in the home of his girlfriend, Tashima, a hip-hop mogul as a pair of crooked LA detectives, John Sweeney and Jesse Mendoza, attempt to track him down.

This novel was written from the confines of Shakur's jail cell, and the authenticity of its street scenes--the relentlessness of violence, the do-or-die attitude of each side of the gang war, the sheer joy in the killing--is a testament to the hell that has been a majority of Shakur's life. With T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., Shakur delivers a powerful and gripping story about the terror of gang life and one man's attempt to free himself.

"Shakur is better than anyone else in the street lit game at making his characters feel like real people . . . This gang life novel is the real deal."--Publishers Weekly

"This fascinating novel reflects the raw violence and moral ambiguities of street gangs and the cops who police them."--Booklist

"T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. deftly weaves together the extensive and complex histories of its characters with their present struggles."--Chicago Defender

Shakur, Sanyika: - Kody Scott was born in 1963 and grew up in South Central Los Angeles. In sixth grade he joined the Crips and soon earned the nom de guerre Monster. He transformed himself into black nationalist Sanyika Shakur while in a California maximum-security prison.

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ISBN 13	9780802144249
ISBN 10	0802144241
Title	T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.
Author	Sanyika Shakur
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Year published	2009-08-05
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.