Episode 70 -- Iceberg Slim -- Pimp
12/03/22 • 62 min
For Episode 70, we visit mid-century urban America with Iceberg Slim's Pimp.
This is a gritty memoir that sold millions of copies, yet remains under discussed in crime writing circles. We will talk about the good of this book, and we also dig into the problems we had with it.
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Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir and Detective Fiction
For Episode 70, we visit mid-century urban America with Iceberg Slim's Pimp.
This is a gritty memoir that sold millions of copies, yet remains under discussed in crime writing circles. We will talk about the good of this book, and we also dig into the problems we had with it.
Email the show:
Facebook:
Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir and Detective Fiction
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