Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
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| Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member | |
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| Author | Sanyika Shakur |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Memoir |
| Publisher | originally Atlantic Monthly Press, now Publishers Group West |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-8021-4144-7 |
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member is a memoir about gang life written in prison by Sanyika Shakur.
In 1992 at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Morgan Entrekin, publisher of Grove/Atlantic Inc., announced that he had acquired world publication rights to Shakur's memoir, setting off a storm of interest in the book as an authentic document of the urban African-American experience. A convention-goer from Sweden was quoted as saying: "We see so much of the violence of the American inner city; now here's a voice that comes from inside that can explain it to us." The rights to publish in at least seven foreign countries were quickly sold.[1]
It was published to mostly positive critical reception. Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times Book Review praised Shakur's "quick, matter-of-fact prose", and wrote that his violent life was "memorably depicted".[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Horowitz, Mark (December 1993). "In Search of Monster". The Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Monthly Group.
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko. "However Mean the Streets, Have an Exit Strategy", New York Times Book Review, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko. "Illuminating Gang Life in Los Angeles: It's Raw", New York Times Book Review, 1993-07-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
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