num_pages: 240
description: "One of the most exciting literary revival series since the rediscovery of Jim Thompson's novels" ( Playboy ), Old School Books "is subtly transforming the landscape of post-war black fiction" ( Bomb ). "Mama Black Widow" is the nickname of Otis Tilson, a comely and tragic black queen adrift with his brothers and sisters in the dark ghetto world of pimpdom and violent crime. His story is told in the gut-level language of the homosexual underworld-an unforgettable testament of life lived on the margins of a racist and predatory urban hell.
language: English
title: Mama Black Widow: A Novel
titlecomplete: Mama Black Widow: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Mystery, Queer, LGBT, Urban, Crime, Race, African American
ratings_count: 1202
places: The United States of America
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company