Pimp: the Story of My Life

Marc Notes: ; This is the story of Iceberg Slim's life, as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. A trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction and death that are still all too familiar.. Publisher Marketing: The book that brought black literature to the streets is back to show the Hip-Hop generation what it's all about, where they came from. A blueprint. A bible. What Sun Tzu's Art of War was to ancient China, Pimp is to the streets. This is the story of Iceberg Slim's life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. A trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction, and death that are still all too familiar. By telling the story of one man's struggles and triumphs in an underground world, Pimp shows us the game doesn't change, it just has a different swagger. Iceberg Slim's story is now depicted in a major motion picture. The documentary, "Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp," shows Slim's transformation from pimp to the author of seven timeless books. Review Citations: Library Journal 05/15/2011 pg. 45 (EAN 9781451617139, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Slim, Iceberg Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, where he remained, pimping until he was forty-two. After several stints in jail he decided to give up the life and turned to writing. Slim folded his life into the pages of seven books based on his life. Catapulted into the public eye, Slim became a new American hero, known for speaking the truth whether that truth was ugly, sexy, rude, or blunt.