Pimp: The Story Of My Life
«Slim belongs to the knuckle-duster-in-the-face school of storytelling»
* Sunday Times *
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. Les mer
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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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Canongate Canons
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781786896124
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Slim belongs to the knuckle-duster-in-the-face school of storytelling»
* Sunday Times *
«Slim always told it as it was, without compromise»
IRVINE WELSH
«Pimp is hot and frantic, a remarkable tour de force of carnality and violence»
* The Times *
«This 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 nonetheless»
* Big Issue *
«Iceberg Slim does for the pimp what Jean Genet did for the thief»
* Washington Post *
«Pimp is an eye-boggling netherworld documentary, a tear-arse tale of ferocious emotion, expressed through action»
* Q magazine *
«Iceberg Slim always kept it real. It is blatant, uncompromising, and as close to the truth as you can get without going there yourself»
Ice-T