{"product_id":"monster-by-sanyika-shakur-9781611854282","title":"Monster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a document that has been compared to \u003cem\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/em\u003e and Eldridge Cleaver's \u003cem\u003eSoul on Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the Black experience today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844665692396,"sku":"9781611854282","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24476633482761.jpg?v=1758850524","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/monster-by-sanyika-shakur-9781611854282","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}