Iceberg slim aka robert beck, aka macking youngblood the main character of the book, slim recounts his full autobiography. There isnt much at the end that redeems the story or the storyteller. Iceberg slim aka robert beck on relationships, psychology, pickup, pimping, society, cons, raising children, crime and punishment, helping the poor. His name was robert beck, a k a iceberg slim, whose 1967 memoir, pimp. Iceberg slims autobiographical novel sent shockwaves throughout the literary world. Iceberg slim was the nomdepimp of robert beck, whose seven books sold six million copies by the time he died in 1992, at 73. Our interviews with the pimps took place between the middle of june and the. Lost interviews with the pimp book two whitaker, ian, slim, iceberg, icet, juan, bishop don magic, jones, quincy, slim, iceberg, beck, camille, duke. The pimp may have a bottom girl who serves as office manager, keeping the pimp apprised of lawenforcement activity and. 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. Id seen it in the ak press catalog before, and that is probably what made me pick it up. Dec 25, 2012 real pimps and hos from the 1970s being interviewed by 60 minutes and abc news. Iceberg slim gives unprecedented insight into his incredible life as a pimp, when he played god to. Doom fox is the final instalment in iceberg slims searing sequence of highlycharged books that began with his critically acclaimed and multimillion selling autobiography, pimp.
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The life as art 2003, a critical study of the fiction of iceberg slim. Iceberg influenced artists such as icet, irvine welsh. The story of my life, iceberg slim recounts his personal autobiography as a intellectuallygifted teenager growing up in the world before desegregation. Portrait of a pimp documentary trailer examines the tumultuous life of legendary chicago pimp iceberg slim 19181992 and how he reinvented himself from pimp to. Mar 11, 2016 iceberg slim quotes from the book lost interviews with the pimp. In this new book iceberg slim gives unprecedented insight into his incredible life as a pimp, when he played god to hundreds of. The story of my life kindle edition by slim, iceberg. In his forties iceberg slim became a legendary storyteller of another kind. The story of my life iceberg slim dances on that thread between unapologetic and remorseful.
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