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Publisher: Canongate

Author: Iceberg Slim

ISBN: 9781786896124

Year: 2019

Format: Paperback

Non fiction, Memoir

Pimp: The Story Of My Life by
Iceberg Slim

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$ 350.00 mxn

Pimp: The Story Of My Life by

Iceberg Slim

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"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."

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Summary

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.

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