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Pimp: The Story Of My Life (Paperback, Main - Canons): Iceberg Slim Pimp: The Story Of My Life (Paperback, Main - Canons)
Iceberg Slim; Introduction by Irvine Welsh 1
R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In this astonishing account, Iceberg Slim reveals the secret inner world of the pimp, and the smells, sounds, fears and petty triumphs of his world. A legendary figure of the Chicago underworld, this is his story: from defending his mother against the men in their lives to becoming a giant of the streets. A seething tale of brutality, cunning and greed, Pimp is a harrowing portrait of life on the wrong side of the tracks, and a rich warning from a true survivor.

Death Wish - A Story of the Mafia (Paperback, Original): Iceberg Slim Death Wish - A Story of the Mafia (Paperback, Original)
Iceberg Slim
R456 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 "Honored Society." However his rise to the top can only be thwarted by one man fueled by revenge set out to destroy it, the "Black Warrior" Jessie Taylor. When ambitions collide, guns are drawn and blood is spilled. This is the original mafia story.

Trick Baby (Paperback, Original ed.): Iceberg Slim Trick Baby (Paperback, Original ed.)
Iceberg Slim
R448 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 tormented early in life, rejected by other children and branded a "Trick Baby," the child conceived between a hooker and her trick. Refusing to abandon his life in the ghetto and a chance at revenge, Folks is taken under the wing of an older mentor, Blue. What happens next is not to be believed.

Only Slim could bring us the story of a hustler, forced to learn the game and rise to the top. It's Slim's story and he tells it in the only way he knows how, in the language of the streets.

Airtight Willie & Me (Paperback, Original): Iceberg Slim Airtight Willie & Me (Paperback, Original)
Iceberg Slim
R420 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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. Iceberg Slim's story is now depicted in a major motion picture distributed worldwide. Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp shows Slim's transformation from pimp to the author of 7 classic books.
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 terrifying urban streets. With the same unforgettable and distinctive prose, "Airtight Willie & Me" is further evidence that Iceberg Slim is the only author capable of capturing the language of the streets. Compelling always, funny sometimes, and typically bleak at their ends, Slim gives us six slices of city life that will leave you thirsting for more.

Long White Con - The Biggest Score of His Life (Paperback, Original): Iceberg Slim Long White Con - The Biggest Score of His Life (Paperback, Original)
Iceberg Slim
R425 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R33 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 Slim: Portrait of a Pimp shows Slim's transformation from pimp to the author of 7 classic books.
Iceberg Slim, bestselling 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 rise.
Picking up where "Trick Baby" left off we dive into the world of Johnny O'Brien, better known as White Folks. After learning to use his fair skin to his advantage to rise to the top of the Chicago con game, Folks is back for the big money and the big stakes of the long con.
Following the death of his partner and mentor, Blue, Folks takes off for Canada. Having honed his skills and polished his acting, Johnny is done cheating marks out of small money. With a gang of grifters working with him, High Pockets Kate, High Ass Marvel, and the Vicksburg Kid among them, Folks is after the biggest score of his life.

Mama Black Widow (Paperback, Original ed.): Iceberg Slim Mama Black Widow (Paperback, Original ed.)
Iceberg Slim
R434 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mama Black Widow tells the tragic story of Otis Tilson, a stunning black drag queen trapped in a cruel queer ghetto underworld. In hopes of escaping the racial bigotry and economic injustice of the South, Otis' family journeys north from their plantation to an urban promised land. Once in Chicago Otis and his brother and sisters become prisoners to a wasteland of violence, crime, prostitution and rape. This is the gut-wrenching tale of the destruction of a family and the truest portrayal of homosexuality in the ghetto ever told.

The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim (Paperback, Main): Iceberg Slim The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim (Paperback, Main)
Iceberg Slim
R299 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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. The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim, however, proves to be something of a departure in the sense that it is a series of short personal recollections. Make no mistake, the passion, razor-sharp perception and unflinching honesty remains and, if anything, is all the more chilling for its total directness. The wisdom he gained from a life of serious excess and violence is to be found within this varied collection of soul-bearing confessions that reveal why Iceberg Slim has been revered so widely as the spokesman of the street. This edition includes an introduction by Iceberg Slim's widow, Diane Millman Beck.

Pimp (Paperback, Original): Iceberg Slim Pimp (Paperback, Original)
Iceberg Slim
R466 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Save R35 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The book that brought black literature to the streets is back to show the Hip-Hop generation what it's all about, where they came from.
A blueprint. A bible. What Sun Tzu's Art of War was to ancient China, Pimp is to the streets. This is the story of Iceberg Slim's life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. A trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction, and death that are still all too familiar.
By telling the story of one man's struggles and triumphs in an underground world, Pimp shows us the game doesn't change, it just has a different swagger.
Iceberg Slim's story is now depicted in a major motion picture. The documentary, "Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp," shows Slim's transformation from pimp to the author of seven timeless books.

Trick Baby (Paperback, Main): Iceberg Slim Trick Baby (Paperback, Main)
Iceberg Slim; Introduction by Ice T
R303 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Trick Baby charts the rise of White Folks, a white 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 sharpest survive. With his partner Blue, an old hand who teaches him the tricks of the trade, 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 go too far...

Doom Fox (Paperback, 1st ed): Iceberg Slim Doom Fox (Paperback, 1st ed)
Iceberg Slim; Introduction by Ice T
R453 R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Iceberg Slim was true to where he came from. He ruled the streets of Chicago for twenty-five years and he chose not to write about what he didn't know. He knew pimping. He knew hustling. He knew the streets. . . . Two decades after he wrote it, Doom Fox remains fresh to the game. What he calls 'The Life' is still the same roller-coaster ride it's always been." -from the introduction by Ice-T Propelled by the story of Joe "Kong" Allen and his gorgeous, treacherous wife, Doom Fox is the last in Iceberg Slim's legendary series of underground novels. Written in 1978 and unpublished until now, Doom Fox is a tale of the Los Angeles ghetto that begins just after World War II and spans the next thirty years. In the no-holds-barred tradition of Chester Himes, Doom Fox captures the violent, vivid world of low-riding chippie-catchers, prizefighters, prostitutes, and smooth-talking preachers. With books such as Pimp, Trick Baby, and The Long White Con, Iceberg Slim detailed life among the hustlers in the inner city and reinvented the concept of cool. His books became underground classics, advertised and circulated by word of mouth. Stylish and uncensored, Doom Fox brings his unforgettable voice to the players of today.

Airtight Willie and Me - and Other Stories (Paperback, Main): Iceberg Slim Airtight Willie and Me - and Other Stories (Paperback, Main)
Iceberg Slim
R301 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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 a heist goes badly wrong, the reader is hooked into a rollercoaster ride through the badlands of urban America. Compelling always, funny sometimes, and typically bleak in their endings, Slim's slices of city life are important social documents that scorch most contemporary into submission. There is no moralizing bullshit, no romanticized illusions, few redemming factors - just straight-up sawn-off shotgun blasts from the 'King of the Ghetto'.

Mama Black Widow - A Story of the South's Black Underworld (Paperback, Main): Iceberg Slim Mama Black Widow - A Story of the South's Black Underworld (Paperback, Main)
Iceberg Slim
R302 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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 early life, she in turn infects those that surround her. The damage she does to all she loves is deeply disturbing, no-one is left unscarred. Set in the dark hell of double standard justice, radical bigotry and criminal economic freeze-out, Mama Black Widow, proves arguably to be the most intense story ever penned by the man whose work has come to be regarded as the epitome of street fiction.

Night Train to Sugar Hill (Paperback): Iceberg Slim Night Train to Sugar Hill (Paperback)
Iceberg Slim; Introduction by Justin Gifford
R501 R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Death Wish (Paperback, Main): Iceberg Slim Death Wish (Paperback, Main)
Iceberg Slim
R328 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R32 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

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 ''Honored Society''. Not only is this a portrayal of an organisation whose working details Slim knew intimately but we also see Mafia infighting set against a backdrop of the underworld in its entirety. 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. And Jessie Taylor has managed to get himself in a position from which he is confident that he can take on Collucci and his ruthless outfit. The result is bloody and riveting. Another masterpiece from the man whose prose redefined post-war American literature and who remains one of the most startlingly original and hard-boiled writers America has produced.

Triangle of Love (Paperback): Iceberg Slim III Triangle of Love (Paperback)
Iceberg Slim III
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shetani's Sister (Paperback): Iceberg Slim Shetani's Sister (Paperback)
Iceberg Slim; Foreword by Justin Gifford
R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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