Reading this book will help one to understand that although this is a book of fiction, there is some truth to the overall story. This book follows a young man who is the eleventh of thirteen kids through some of the trials and tribulations of growing up in a housing project.
He is searching for his niche in life that will make him fit in with what he feels is society. He joins the U.S. Army and barely makes it out alive after nearly three years.
After discharging from the army he settles back into civilian life working hard and peddling drugs