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Trick Baby

The Story of a White Negro

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Trick Baby

By: Iceberg Slim
Narrated by: Cary Hite
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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.

©2011 the Robert Beck Estate (P)2014 Blackstone Publishing, and Urban Audiobooks African American Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Urban
Captivating Storytelling • Vivid Descriptions • Expressive Narrator • Realistic Scenarios • Relevant Themes
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this book is a great follow up to "pimp". I love the writers work. I relate well to it and because he speaks about familiar places to me I relate so we'll.

I love this book

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the whole book was a page turner like no other I really enjoyed this book

Great

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You get a real view of the confidence game. A must listen for street life historians.

Enlightenment

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Another Iceberg classic, crazy how alot of the racial tension in this book is STILL relevant nowadays

Another Iceberg classic

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it was real life events that played out like a movie, definitely a must read.

great storytelling

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I truly enjoyed this story. it paints a vivid picture of the protagonist, and leaves you wanting for more.

Awesome

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I loved this story! Great to get an alternative perspective from Johnny. Eager to read the next book.

Great Story!

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Another dive into a world so unbelievable, and tragic. The characters in this story are just as immersive as Iceberg Slim's previous entry, Pimp. A great listen!

Great story!

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This book or at least excerpts from it should be taught high school and college history classes. how can books like The Great Gatsby and Hamlet be taught in school and a book like this remains a secret?

beyond intense and good for my white suburb ears

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This book was so realistic I felt like I was there
Being a Chicagoan I would imagine the streets and all the places to put myself there watching as Folks life was unfolding.

Trick Baby

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