With books such as Trick Baby, Pimp, and Long White Con, Iceberg Slim detailed life in the American ghetto and became one of the secret inventors of the concept of cool. Ignored by the mainstream literary world, advertised by word of mouth, his underground classics crystallized the mixture of attitude and artistry that is found everywhere from blaxploitation to Bad Lieutenant, punk to hip-hop. Doom Fox -- written in 1978 and unpublished until now -- is the last in his legendary series. It is set in Los Angeles during the postwar decades and evokes a world of low-riding chippie-catchers,...
With books such as Trick Baby, Pimp, and Long White Con, Iceberg Slim detailed life in the American ghetto and became one of the secret inventors of t...
The author's first three novels offered some of the rawest and bleakest visions of urban America ever put to paper. Their reflection of society's underworld and underbelly, rapidly won him a major following. This book however, proves to be something of a departure in the sense that it is a series of short personal recollections.
The author's first three novels offered some of the rawest and bleakest visions of urban America ever put to paper. Their reflection of society's unde...
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 "Honored Society". For Jimmy Collucci has had a lifelong hatred pf dedicated Black Warrior, Jesse Taylor, against whom he has regularly competed for turf on the streets of Chicago.
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'...
Offers a collection of six tales from the underground. In this book, 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 a heist goes badly wrong, the reader is hooked into a rollercoaster ride through the badlands of urban America.
Offers a collection of six tales from the underground. In this book, from the opening story, in which Slim meets Airtight Willie, one of New York's sl...
'Trick Baby' charts the rise of White Folks, a white Negro who uses his colour as his trump card in the tough game of the con. With his partner, Blue, White Folks becomes one of the Chicago underworld's top hustlers.
'Trick Baby' charts the rise of White Folks, a white Negro who uses his colour as his trump card in the tough game of the con. With his partner, Blue,...