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.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786896124Number of pages: 304Weight: 205 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mmEdition: Main - Canons
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Slim belongs to the knuckle-duster-in-the-face school of storytellingSlim always told it as it was,without compromisePimp is hot and frantic,a remarkable tour de force of carnality and violenceThis brutally honest memoir...is as shocking today as ever. A precursor of forty years of black-street culture,this is uncompromising and harrowing,but a landmark book nonethelessIceberg Slim does for the pimp what Jean Genet did for the thiefPimp is an eye-boggling netherworld documentary,a tear-arse tale of ferocious emotion,expressed through actionIceberg Slim always kept it real. It is blatant,uncompromising,and as close to the truth as you can get without going there yourself
Iceberg Slim
Chicago pimp and hustler-turned writer who has had a great influence on black culture in the US...
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One of the most blazing talents in contemporary Scottish fiction,Irvine Welsh is the author of Trainspotting,Filth,Porno and other acclaimed novels.
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