they didn't call him "iceberg" for nuthin'. "pimp" is a
mighty brutal story. wish my friend's copy hadn't
mysteriously disappeared, i've wanted to reread it several
times since i last was able to put a hand on it. highly
recommended.
-ksm
----- Original Message ----- From: dave <
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> Slim is more stylized -- Goines is absolutely
raw.
>
> I'd say Slim's the better "writer," Goines the
better story
> teller. Both of them are high on my list. Goines has
about
> as much hard-core debauchery and degradation as you
can find
> anywhere. And that's why, for years, the only place
you
> could buy him was at the local NEWSSTAND! Yay! True
"street"
> literature ...
>
> dave
>
> Robison Michael R CNIN wrote:
> >
> > bill said:
> > We read Iceberg Slim's PIMP in May 1999, then
in June we read WHORESON.
> > If you check the archives you'll see some
discussion about Slim and
> > Goines, black American writing, etc. Slim's
stuff is pretty raw.
> >
> > ********************
> >
> > thanks for the heads up on that, bill. i'll
have a look
> > at the archives. you saying, "slim's stuff is
pretty
> > raw," is scary, considering your comment is
probably
> > relative to the other books that are talked
about here.
> > there's some pretty brutal stories here. of
course, the
> > "raw" you speak of might be more sex than
violence for
> > this book.
> >
> > miker
> >
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