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Airtight Willie & Me
- The Story of the South's Black Underworld
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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This collection of six gritty tales from the underground is a tribute to the streets and those forced to try to survive them.
With tales of slick con men, revenge, a heist gone awry, and more, Robert Beck, the man many know as Iceberg Slim, brings us on a ride through the terrifying urban streets. With the same unforgettable and distinctive prose on display in his other books, Airtight Willie & Me is further evidence that Iceberg Slim was an expert at capturing the language of the streets. Always compelling, sometimes funny, and often bleak, Slim gives us six slices of city life that will leave you thirsting for more.
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Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson ( Pulp Fiction, Star Wars films), fresh off the success of his uproarious, Audie-nominated performance of the mock children’s book Go the F**k to Sleep, delivers a swaggering, darkly-humored rendering of Chester Himes’ classic first novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Go the f--k to Audible and get this now!
- By Julie W. Capell on 03-22-12
By: Chester Himes
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Kiss the Ring
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
Naeema "Queen" Cole takes care of herself. From the death of her parents when she was just eleven years old to when she found herself pregnant and alone at sixteen, Naeema has had to make her own way in the world. She gave up her son for adoption and became an apprentice at a barber shop, making just enough money to pay the bills and get high. She tried being a wife, but ultimately found that she and Tank, now her ex-husband, are better friends and occasional lovers than partners.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Something new from Meesha Mink
- By Dream on 11-18-14
By: Meesha Mink
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Blackbirds
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 439
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 398
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Miriam Black knows when you will die. Still in her early twenties, she’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, suicides, and slow deaths by cancer. But when Miriam hitches a ride with truck driver Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days he will be gruesomely murdered while he calls her name. Miriam has given up trying to save people; that only makes their deaths happen. No matter what she does, she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not for the faint of heart or kids but exciting
- By Steph on 04-07-14
By: Chuck Wendig
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A Woman's Worth
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- Narrated by: various
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In Kenya, when a young American man falls in love with the sophisticated daughter of an African chief, their marriage is strong. But tradition will soon put their union to the supreme test. Gripping and soulful, A Woman's Worth is a tale of cultural divisions, emotional wounds, and a love that struggles to transcend them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- By Amazon Customer on 09-23-09
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Don’t Say a Word
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
They're watching. They've wiretapped the apartment. They've got their daughter. They told them they'd hurt her if they spoke about it. They told them, "Don't say a word...." Or else....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yeesh. Good story. But..
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The Black Marble
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He is a damned good cop -- a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle. She is his partner -- twice divorced, nursing a grudge against men, obsessed by the awful temptation of love.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really bad
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The Long Way Down
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Nobody knows the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas like Daniel Faust, a sorcerer for hire and ex-gangster who uses black magic and bullets to solve his clients' problems. When an old man comes seeking vengeance for his murdered granddaughter, what looks like a simple job quickly spirals out of control. Soon Daniel stands in the crossfire between a murderous porn director; a corrupt cop with a quick trigger finger; and his own former employer, a racket boss who isn't entirely human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Urban fantasy noir. Done right..
- By Cliff on 02-19-15
By: Craig Schaefer
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Ill Wind
- An Anna Pigeon Novel
- By: Nevada Barr
- Narrated by: Joanna Gleason
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4 out of 5 stars 129
Haunted by personal demons and cut off from her friends and family, Anna Pigeon seeks solace in the quiet ruins of Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. But the solitude is soon interrupted. A mysterious illness is afflicting tourists to the park. When an asthmatic child dies and a ranger colleague - and friend - is murdered, Anna must find out the truth.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ban Abridgements!
- By Karen on 01-26-08
By: Nevada Barr
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Land of Shadows
- Detective Elouise Norton, Book 1
- By: Rachel Howzell Hall
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 406
Along the ever-changing border of gentrifying Los Angeles, 17-year-old Monique Darson is found dead at a condominium construction site, hanging in the closet of an unfinished unit. Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton's new partner, Colin Taggert, fresh from the comparatively bucolic Colorado Springs police department, assumes it's a teenage suicide. Lou isn't buying the easy explanation. For one thing, the condo site is owned by Napoleon Crase, a self-made millionaire...and the man who may have murdered Lou's missing sister, Tori, 30 years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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New Crime Fiction Series
- By Marymacviolin on 08-15-20
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Good People
- By: Marcus Sakey
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Dan John Miller
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 54
The $400,000 would take care of the mortgage payments that are starting to back up on Tom and Anna Reed. It would cover the credit-card debt they can't get out from under. It would help them find a way to have the child they desperately want but can't seem to conceive. It is more money than either of them has ever seen in one place. But they have no idea what it's doing in their house.
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3 out of 5 stars
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What were the producers thinking?
- By cristina on 08-04-13
By: Marcus Sakey
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The Hundredth Man
- Carson Ryder/Harry Nautilus #1
- By: Jack Kerley
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 101
When bizarre and cryptic messages are found on a pair of corpses in Mobile, Alabama, junior police detective Carson Ryder and veteran cop Harry Nautilus find themselves in a mysterious public-relations quagmire pitting public safety against office politics. With the body count growing, Ryder must confront his family's terrifying past by seeking advice from his brother, a violent psychopath convicted of similarly heinous crimes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Definitely a case for Matthew McConnaghey
- By Cheryl on 08-19-14
By: Jack Kerley
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Brighton
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
Kevin Pearce - baseball star, honor student, the pride of Brighton - was 15 when he left town in the back of his uncle's cab. He and his buddy, Bobby Scales, had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn't want a pass, but he was getting it anyway. Bobby would stay and face the music; Kevin's future would remain as bright as ever. At least that was the way things were supposed to work, except in Brighton things never work the way they're supposed to.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mystery gets no better.
- By William H. Harrington on 10-27-18
By: Michael Harvey
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Spider's Bite
- Elemental Assassin, Book 1
- By: Jennifer Estep
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,706
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,926
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,934
They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Only because...
- By Alex on 06-06-11
By: Jennifer Estep
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The Purple Don
- An Illuminati Novel
- By: SLMN
- Narrated by: L. Steven Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Joey Diamonds is on the verge of being a “made” man, with ice-cold blue eyes that pierce through the hearts of women...and men. After being disowned by his Mafia family, losing the love of his life, and realizing the world at large is his enemy, Joey throws extreme caution to the wind on his journey of self-debauchery in the name of fame and fortune. The Purple Don is the story of how self-destruction is never simply an internal state, and everyone around can be destroyed in the process.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was a good story!
- By tracey on 04-18-24
By: SLMN
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Krampus
- The Yule Lord
- By: Brom
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,876
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,656
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,657
One Christmas Eve in a small hollow in Boone County, West Virginia, struggling songwriter Jesse Walker witnesses a strange spectacle: seven devilish figures chasing a man in a red suit toward a sleigh and eight reindeer. When the reindeer leap skyward, taking the sleigh, devil men, and Santa into the clouds, screams follow. Moments later, a large sack plummets back to earth, a magical sack that thrusts the down-on-his-luck singer into the clutches of the terrifying Yule Lord, Krampus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars
- By colleen on 11-17-12
By: Brom
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow!!!
- By Tina wiley on 11-25-21
By: Donald Goines
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Crime Partners
- Kenyatta Series, Book 1
- By: Donald Goines
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Prison buddies Billy Good and Jackie Walker made time pulling small jobs here and there. Not a bad living if you liked scraping by. The thing to worry about was the next fix. Nothing else mattered. When Billy and Jackie fell in with Kenyatta, a ghetto lord ready to take back the streets, they thought they'd hit the big time. Dealing with drug pushers and crooked cops in the name of justice sure felt good, but in a world where "kindness was the sweetest con of all", every bullet fired echoed with the sound of payback.
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1 out of 5 stars
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DON'T EVEN P!SS YOURSELF OFF!! 😒🤬
- By Shay on 09-16-21
By: Donald Goines
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Street Players
- By: Donald Goines
- Narrated by: Midnite Michael
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Clawing his way to the top, pimp Earl the Black Pearl believes he is untouchable, but when someone puts a hit on his friends, he has to fight back to save his own life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Gritty Story From The Master Bro. Donald Goines
- By Nikki 7X on 04-19-24
By: Donald Goines
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The Carter Boys
- The Carter Boys Series, Book 1
- By: Desirée
- Narrated by: Misty Reign
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,062
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Sex, love, drugs, and music are just a few of the Carter boys’ daily dealings. Drama follows them everywhere, especially being the largest, most dangerous organization the city of Atlanta has ever seen. The women who want to be with them and the men who want to be just like them can easily get lost in the shuffle when the target is constantly moving to a new Carter’s back. So, what happens when a slick-mouth girl from Brooklyn decides to go off to college in the unofficial capital of the South? She is quickly introduced to the Atlanta lifestyle....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Can wr ger the accents together please
- By Bookit on 07-27-19
By: Desirée
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Iceberg Slim
- A Biography of America's Most Notorious Pimp
- By: Richard Lewis
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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In this exceptionally narrated biography, you will get to know an ambitious, ruthless, and vicious man - Robert Beck, more commonly known by his street-earned nickname “Iceberg Slim”. Being one of the most popular and talked about pimps of the last century, there are many stories surrounding the character of Iceberg Slim, some extraordinary and unbelievable, but this audiobook aims to show the listener the true and factual events from Iceberg Slim’s life that shaped him into the notorious pimp he would become, and his life after his pimping career.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Get a new reader
- By Robert Burnam on 10-20-20
By: Richard Lewis
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- Mother of Pearl 3
- 11-06-22
Surprising
Surprising! This book was a bit of different stories. They were ok but the last one surprised me. I enjoyed the book.
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- Davy
- 03-03-22
I love all Iceberg Slim literary works.
Slim is truly an unsung genius. He so eloquently depicts the pitfalls and triumphs of the hazardous underworld!
The narrator Cary Hite should also be nominated for some kind of Audible award. His intonation, enunciation, and lucid delivery will keep you at the edge of your seat. Great experience!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-22
Another Iceberg special
good listen, stories took you through so many emotions. . . . . .
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- l howard
- 03-05-16
Another slim
Always enjoy the narrator, he makes you feel that you are right there witnessing the story in a secret place
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- HNOT Reign Supreme
- 10-05-22
Tales from the Hood before tales from the hood
Each tale is vivid and awesome. It could easily be made into a creepshow type movie
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- Alednam A Uonopk
- 10-28-21
The streets don't love you...
Yet sadly many folks love the streets it seems. Iceberg continues with more gritty drama and a streetacular synopsis of lives only known by those that live it.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-22-21
all of ice berg slims books are mind catching
love the way they narrated the story kept my interest on the story love it
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- BrilliantlyBlind313
- 09-09-21
Something different… to say the least!
Interesting story… these were some different as* stories! I can not say that I liked, or disliked this book.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-07-22
Okay
I gave this three stars as it was kind of middle of the road for me. Prior to this book, I'd just finished Iceberg Slim's "The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim" which was amazing & seemed to mention his book "Pimp" a number of times; making me think I'll give it a try. This is alright though, just not up to the high standards of "The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim."
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