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Trick Baby

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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," the 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 not to be believed. 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 in the only way he knows how, in the language of the streets.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781936399017
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. september 2011
  • Størrelse:
  • 136x19x202 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 259 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 15. november 2024
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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," the 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 not to be believed. 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 in the only way he knows how, in the language of the streets.

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