The Rap Author:Ernest brawley This extraordinary novel is a trip into the world of prison; where men live together in fear and violence and unnatural passion, and convicts and guards share a mutual corruption. . . into the world of the urban jungle outside, where vicious criminals and political idealogues mingle, and women give their bodies for kicks or for a cause... into ... more »the simmering underground world just below the surface of America today- a world like a human volcano about to explode« less