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Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, & Detective Fiction - Episode 70 -- Iceberg Slim -- Pimp

Episode 70 -- Iceberg Slim -- Pimp

12/03/22 • 62 min

Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, & 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.

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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:

[email protected]

Facebook:

Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir and Detective Fiction

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For the appropriate listening experience break out your classic car and crank the stereo.

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