Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim

by Justin Gifford

Book Overview

The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, n Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow . From a career as a, yes, ruthless pimp in the '40s and '50s, Iceberg Slim refashioned himself as the first and still the greatest of "street lit" masters, whose vivid books have made...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385538340
• ISBN13: 9780385538343
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"