![]() It is because the books were so mysterious, intriguing, shocking and different for a young mind to read that I would want to read any type of book I can get my hands on for the rest of my life. * the King of the Ghetto The Observer * Slim belongs to the knuckleduster-in your-face school of storytelling. Pimp: The Story of My Life (1967, Holloway House), memoir Trick Baby: The Biography of a Con Man (1967, Holloway House), novel Mama Black Widow: A Story of. After reading my first 2 real books my father asked me did I know why he gave me such a book as Iceberg Slim first then Greenwich second. Reviews of The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck’s Real Story This edition includes an introduction by Iceberg Slim’s widow, Diane Millman Beck. The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Becks Real Story Icon image Pimp. Dave Chappelle, from his Netflix special The Bird Revelation The most gritty and real illustration of the black ghetto ever told, from the only man capable of telling it, Iceberg Slim, bestselling author of Pimp. Iceberg Slim Icon image The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Becks Real Story. The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim Long White Con Death Wish Mama Black Widow Long. Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life. 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. Active Filters Death Wish Mama Black Widow Trick Baby: The Story of a. 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 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. Their refusal to compromise, coupled with their reflection of society’s underworld and underbelly, rapidly won him a major following. 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. The book tells about Johnny O’Brien, who is raised by his black mother and a father who was white. Home > Biography and Autobiography > The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck’s Real Story The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck’s Real Story By (author) Iceberg Slim
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