Pimp: The Story of My Life

Iceberg Slim is the name Robert Beck used in the ghetto. He was a pimp and this is his story, told without bitterness and with no pretence at moralizing - the smells, the sounds, the fears, the petty triumphs in the world of the pimp. He was young, ambitious and blessed with a superior IQ. He lived the Game for 25 years of his life, knocking out prostitutes, building up stables, losing himself on scag, proving himself to be the biggest mack in Chicago. It was a life of ups and downs, and to succeed you had to be utterly ruthless. Few survived - Iceberg did. Robert Beck is the author of "Trick Baby", "Death Wish", "Mama Black Widow" and "Airtight Willie".

Slim, Iceberg

Literature & Fiction

Payback Pr

This novel charts the rise 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 white-skinned, White Folks was a successful con man, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survived.

Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro

John, the hero of 'The Farm', is serving out time in a federal drug rehabilitation centre. He knows how to work the system - what can't fathom is what's going on in his head.

The Farm

Cooper, Clarence Jr.

Action & Adventure

This is Iceberg Slim's third volume of ghetto life 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. Iceberg Slim is the author of "Pimp".

Mama Black Widow: A Story of the South's Black Underworld

Literary

The Naked Soul searches the artist's soul in a collection of personal essays that are full of passion and razor sharp perception.

The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim

Biographies & Memoirs

A sound book with all pages intact. No dog ears or smoke smell.

The Harlem Cycle: Cotton Comes to Harlem; Blind Man with a Pistol; Plan B

Himes,Chester

Contemporary

Long White Con

Taking up where "Trick Baby" left off, White Folks moves up to Canada after the death of his partner and mentor, Blue Howard. There, he hooks up with the Vicksburg Kid, who completes his con education. Together they form a formidable duo, playing for the highest stakes in the Unhappy Virgin Game.

Airtight Willie & Me

Drinker's Guide to the Middle East

History

LAWSON, Will

Middle East

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 "Honored Society". Collucci has a lifelong hatred of dedicated "Black Warrior" Jessie Taylor, whom he has faced in turf wars in the streets of Chicago.

Death Wish: A Story of the Mafia

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