num_pages: 312
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
titlecomplete: Mama Black Widow
genres: Historical, Crime, American, Queer, Urban, African American, LGBT, Fiction, Race, Mystery
ratings_count: 1202
places: The United States of America
publisher: Holloway House Pub Co