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Death Wish: A Major New Novel
by
Iceberg Slim
Author Robert Beck, better known by his ghetto pseudonym, "Iceberg Slim," again displays his unique and compelling talent in this novel about the Mafia – an organization whose working details he knows intimately. It's an ideal setting for Beck's superb characterization as he portrays the greedy Don Jimmy Collucci, who wants nothing less than to rule the "hon...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 288 pages
Published
July 1st 1996
by Holloway House Publishing Company
(first published 1977)
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Fuck.yeah.
Iceberg wasn't just that pimp Jay-Z references, he was also fucking sick with the pen. Here are some examples of what lies herein this fuckin rad-fest:
-Voodoo priestess fingering herself so she can attract a Great Dane so she can slaughter him to read his entrails
-interracial gang called the warriors taking on the mafia, endless gore seeping from every page
-characters named "Tit-for-tat taylor," "Lotsa Black Jones,"
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Iceberg wasn't just that pimp Jay-Z references, he was also fucking sick with the pen. Here are some examples of what lies herein this fuckin rad-fest:
-Voodoo priestess fingering herself so she can attract a Great Dane so she can slaughter him to read his entrails
-interracial gang called the warriors taking on the mafia, endless gore seeping from every page
-characters named "Tit-for-tat taylor," "Lotsa Black Jones,"
>>>...more
This guy is an insane genius. Ice-cube and Ice-T both chose their name in homage to him. He created(reflected?) the world of the pimp/whore/druggie.... I would love to have spent a night at the bar sitting between Slim and Bukowski....
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Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born as Robert Lee Maupin. Novelist and poet whose most famous novel, Pimp, is semi-autobiographical.
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