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Trick baby, the story of a white Negro, by Iceberg Slim

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Trick baby, the story of a white Negro, by Iceberg Slim

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Trick baby

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Oclc number

884790276

Responsibility statement

by Iceberg Slim

Sub title

the story of a white Negro

Summary

This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in South Side Chicago, where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned. Trick Baby tells the story of White Folks, a blue-eyed, light-haired con artist whose pale skin allows him to pass in the streets as a white man. Folks is tormented early in life, rejected by other children and branded a "trick baby," a child conceived between a hooker and her trick. Refusing to abandon his life in the ghetto and a chance at revenge, Folks is taken under the wing of an older mentor, Blue. What happens next is unbelievable. Only Slim could bring us the story of a hustler forced to learn the game and rise to the top. It's Slim's story, and he tells it the only way he knows how: in the language of the streets

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