Iceberg Slim's first three novels ("Pimp", "Trick Baby" and "Mama Black Widow") offered some of the rawest and bleakest visions of urban America ever put to paper. Their refusal to compromise, coupled with their reflection of society's underworld and underbelly, rapidly won him a major following. "T[...]
The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, ne Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir"Pimp"and such equally popular novels as"Trick Baby"and"Mama Black Widow." From a career as a, yes, rut[...]
A novel set among the hustlers, prizefighters, and prostitutes in the Los Angeles ghetto during the thirty years following World War II, traces the story of Joe "Kong" Allen and his treacherous wife[...]
Iceberg Slim's last published novel is perhaps his greatest. "Death Wish", written in Slim's typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells the story of Chicago's Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago's "Ho[...]
Iceberg Slim's third slice of ghetto life is recounted straight from the hip by Otis Tilson, a schizophrenic and ageing drag queen. However, the dominating presence and epicentre of this tragic tale is his suffocating mother - "Mama Black Widow". Poisoned by the bigotry and abuse she suffered in ear[...]
"Doom Fox" is the final instalment in Iceberg Slim's searing sequence of highly-charged books that began with his critically acclaimed and multi-million selling autobiography, "Pimp". Slim's powerful, raw prose and eye-opening reflections of black ghetto realities have helped to redefine modern Amer[...]
"Airtight Willie and Me" is a collection of six tales from the underground, all of them characterized by Iceberg Slim's distinctive and unforgettable prose. From the opening story, in which Slim meets Airtight Willie, one of New York's slickest con men, to "Satin", a classic tale of revenge in which[...]
In Iceberg Slim's first novel, "Trick Baby", he told the unforgettable tale of White Folks, a white Negro who uses his colour as his trump card in the tough game of the Con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and fair-skinned, White Folks was to become the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned. "Long[...]
This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in South Side Chicago, where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned."Trick Baby" tells the story of White Folks, a blue-eyed, light-haired con artist whose pale skin allows him to pass in the streets as a white man. Folks is tor[...]
Presents the anti-hero Iceberg Slim's story from defending his mother against the evil men she brought into their lives, to becoming a giant of the streets. It takes you into the secret inner world of the pimp, and the smells, the sounds, the fears and petty triumphs of his world. It provides a port[...]
White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survive. With his partner Blue, White Folks rises to the top of his profession. The cons he pulls off get more and more lucrative and dangerous until one day they [...]
Trick Baby charts the rise of White Folks, a hite Negro who uses his colour as a trump card in the tough game of the Con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and white-skinned, White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside chicago where only the sharpes[...]
Iceberg Slim, best-selling author of "Pimp" and "Trick Baby," brings us yet another riveting classic. Continuing the saga, "Long White Con" tells the story of the most incredible con man ever to have risen. Iceberg Slim's story is now depicted in a major motion picture distributed worldwide. Iceberg[...]
In this collection of six gritty tales from the underground, Iceberg Slim creates a tribute to the streets and those forced to try to survive them.From slick con men, classic tales of revenge, to a heist gone awry, Robert Beck, the man many know as Iceberg Slim, brings us on a ride through the terri[...]
This is the story of Chicago's ruthless and tireless mafia. The intensely real characters, the brutal overlords, their faithful lackeys and their vengeful enemies all collide in acts of loyalty, lust, greed and death. Power hungry Don, Jimmy Collucci, is out to become the kingpin of Chicago's "Honor[...]
Tämä on parittajan tositarina. Chicagon alamaailman legenda, Iceberg Slim, käy läpi 25 vuottaan parittajana, tallien perustamisesta huumekierteeseen ajautumiseen. Elämä kadulla oli ylä- ja alamäkiä, joissa menestyäkseen täytyi olla äärimmäisen häikäilemätön. Harvat selvisivät - Ic[...]