Bleeding The Block: A West Philadelphia Takeover (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481825634)

C.Flores was born and raised in West Philadelphia. He is a father of two little boys and promises to give them the life he never had. At a young age he was gifted with words and always loved creating stories. While in highschool he started down the wrong path and got involved in the street life. At 19 he was arrested and did 5 years in Federal prison for possesion with intent to distribute cocaine. In prison he spent his time writing to escape his surroundings and re visited a skill he had left behind in school, his creative writing. C.Flores ended up writing 9 novels while incarcerated and found his calling.His first debut novel was the first one he wrote while locked up, so he wanted to push that first. Bleeding The Block is the first of many classic urban books to his catelog. He brings you that raw street literature that doesn't hold back anything. From real life experinces and building realtionships with others in jail he filled his head with stories from the core of where the street novels came from, the actual players. If your looking for that gritty, realistic and entertaining street literature you found one of the best in C.flores.