Homo Thug

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Summary: Allen4life
Review: This book is a very good read. It is a real eye-opener! This author claims this to be a work of fiction in the copyright, but says its a true story in the synopsis on the back of the book. If you love rap music this will blow your mind. The author makes reference to three rappers in the book named Gangster Unit. They are coincidentally very much like the real-life group. Names and all!!!! Read this book and see for yourself. The book is very graphic, but it was a very good depiction of hardcore prison life. I am a prison guard, and I thought it to be a very good story. Pick this one up fo Sho'.

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Summary: The New Taboo
Review: This book was excellent. I couldn't put it down. It really makes you think.. A real eye-opener...

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Summary: RAW....COMPELLING........!!!
Review: This is a book that takes you into the life of young Michael Fraser, who after committing robbery and murder at the tender age of 15 finds himself in an adult maximum security prison to serve out the term of his sentence. He is taken under the wing of the resident Moslems who run the place, and all is well for a number of years. He converts to Islam, but only for convenience sake, correctly recognizing that ingratiating himself with the group will afford him protection within the prison walls. But there is one cardinal rule that leader Mustafa insist that all of the brothers follow; that you are strong, and do not engage in any sexual anomalies. Michael is fine with this initially...but years go by and hormones kick in....and Michael spots Dee Dee, a preop transsexual who is the closest thing to a woman that prison has to offer. Eventually Michael begins to see Dee Dee as just that, and falls in love.....but love has a price. Dee Dee's price is the death of Mustafa--he wants Michael to kill him to avenge the death of a friend of Dee Dee's--and Michael sees this as an opportunity to keep he and Dee Dee's love affair a secret from the brothers. But Dee Dee has his own agenda...
Upon his release, Michael is finally able to be with women for the first time. But he finds himself continuing to desire men, and is in a constant state of denial. The double life that he then begins to lead has tragic results for Michael and his loved ones.

I've read the other reviews, and I agree that the editing, if done at all, was certainly substandard. If this were a work of fiction, I might take issue with even more of the novel. However, the fact that this is based on a true story, done by a brother who clearly has something to say, is compelling. It gives readers a no-holds-barred look into the prison system, and what goes on within. The novel takes you into the mind of a young man who is clearly struggling with his sexual identity...and the results of his unwillingness to face reality. The sex scenes within the book between the men is real, and raw...I saw a couple of kid reviews for this book and wondered where their parents are, as clearly this novel is rated R. 3 stars only for the editing issues...but the story itself is at least a 4. With a better publishing house, I see this as an author with quality novels in his future.



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