The story of my life iceberg slim dances on that thread between unapologetic and remorseful. Poverty, prostitution, violence, murder, drug deals, and grittiness that few are able to. A legendary figure of the chicago underworld, this is his story. Folks is an extremely lightskinned black man with blue eyes, the son of a mix. Offering brutal, difficulttoswallow tales from the underground, this book exposes the authors inner workings in a way none of his others have, resulting in a straight. This isnt a book you read because you want eroticism. Long white con marks the second appearance of iceberg slim s possibly real acquaintance, johnny obrien aka white folks. Download now from the preface as written by iceberg slim. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. He briefly attended the tuskegee institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the south side, where he remained, pimping until he was fortytwo. The life as art 2003, a critical study of the fiction of iceberg slim. At the age of 18, iceberg slim was initiated into the life. Iceberg slim download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Robert beck, was born in chicago and initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen. I was disappointed by this book, though the second half makes up for a bit of the disappointment. Slim was catapulted into the public eye as a new american hero, known for speaking the truth whether that truth was ugly, sexy, rude or blunt. His innerlife is so rich with cunning and scheming to outthink his whores.
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Iceberg slim has been one of the most influential people in black culture. Theres another copy of this same book that has a shorter waitlist. Written by iceberg slim, audiobook narrated by cary hite. Iceberg slim, also known as robert beck, was born in chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen. Download or stream the naked soul of iceberg slim by iceberg slim. The story of a white negro audiobook free online this is the gritty. The reader of the audio book also deserves praise as his voice drags you into the slums right. Icet the late robert beck, better known as iceberg slim, wrote the book on pimping. Iceberg slim audio books, best sellers, author bio. Iceberg slims story is now depicted in a major motion picture, iceberg slim. In pimp, iceberg slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts ive ever heard in my life.
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