Airtight Willie and Me: and Other Stories - Softcover

Slim, Iceberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862416965 ISBN 13: 9780862416966

Verlag: Canongate Books, 2001

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Reseña del editor:

Airtight Willie and Me is a collection of six tales from the underground, all of them characterized by Iceberg Slim's distinctive and unforgettable prose. From the opening story, in which Slim meets Airtight Willie, one of New York's slickest con men, to Satin, a classic tale of revenge in which a heist goes badly wrong, the reader is hooked into a rollercoaster ride through the badlands of urban America. Compelling always, funny sometimes, and typically bleak in their endings, Slim's slices of city life are important social documents that scorch most contemporary into submission. There is no moralizing bullshit, no romanticized illusions, few redemming factors - just straight-up sawn-off shotgun blasts from the 'King of the Ghetto'.

Biografía del autor:

Robert Beck (1918-1992), aka Iceberg Slim, is the best known pimp of all time. He grew up in the mean streets of Southside Chicago where he became involved in the underworld that was to shape his life. He eventually left the pimping game after his third stretch in jail and began to write. He wrote seven books, all published by Canongate, the most famous of which is his autobiography Pimp.

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• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0862416965
• ISBN 13: 9780862416966
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 189