![]() ![]() His approach to language and street life as inspiration can be heard in Hip-Hop and seen in movies from the Blaxploitation movies of the 1970s to the latest attempt to bring gritty realism to the big screen. ![]() He has been compared to many writers including literary authors like James Joyce but his greatest influence has been on American Black Popular culture and American culture at large. Unapologetic about his life, Beck writes unsparingly about who he was and what he did. He wrote his autobiography with the same astounding amount of ego and gusto he lived. When he was too old to pimp, according to Beck himself, and encouraged by his wife, Beck committed himself to writing wild and gritty novels using his experiences in the criminal underworld. Writing grim, noirish tales about Black street life when he wasn't hustling or pimping women, Iceberg Slim has become a legend of the lowdown since his death in 1992. Autobiography of writer and pimp, Robert Beck - street and pen name, Iceberg Slim. Publisher serial number 88-414 above title and on spine indicating First Printing. Photo-illustrated titles in black on front and spine, with photo-image of author on front and verso. The movie rights to "Mama Black Widow" have been acquired but don't take the kids - it will most likely have an "R" rating.įirst Printing. Recognized for his lurid style and his unglamorized portraits of fellow pimps, prostitutes, thieves, racist psychotic cops and fringe dwellers, the best-selling books of Iceberg Slim ushered in the era of "Black Exploitation" influencing 1960s cinema and eventually Hip Hop culture. In "Mama Black Widow", a young, Black, Gay man must come to terms with a vicious, uncaring world and learn to live a dangerous but more truthful life in the shadows and on the streets. Like fellow shameless author, James Joyce, Iceberg Slim writes of truth and language and outrage - in search of the human condition. Money could be made if you lived without your soul, the poor were forsaken and the exotic and beautiful were to be exploited. When he was too old to pimp, according to Beck himself, and encouraged by his wife, Beck committed himself to writing books about his experiences in the criminal underworld. Stray pen mark on spine, not affecting type. Publisher serial number #HH-176 above title and on spine indicating First Printing. Photo-illustrated titles in black on front and spine, with photo-image of author on verso. ![]()
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