---

The perennial cult classic, introduced by Irvine Welsh

---

In this astonishing account, Iceberg Slim reveals the secret inner world of the pimp, and the smells, sounds, fears and petty triumphs of his world. A legendary figure of the Chicago underworld, this is his story: from defending his mother against the men in their lives to becoming a giant of the streets.

A seething tale of brutality, cunning and greed, Pimp is a harrowing portrait of life on the wrong side of the tracks, and a rich warning from a true survivor.

---

Slim belongs to the knuckle-duster-in-the-face school of storytelling Sunday Times

---

Robert Beck, who used the moniker Iceberg Slim, was a major-league pimp during the ´40s and ´50s. He decided to leave the pimping game having served his third and final stretch in jail. He moved to Los Angeles where he straightened out and began a career as a writer. Pimp was originally published in 1967.

---