{"product_id":"shetanis-sister-paperback","title":"Shetani's Sister - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIceberg Slim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJustin Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the multi-million copy master of vernacular black literature and pioneeer of hip hop culture, a masterpiece of crime fiction set in Los Angeles' meanest, toughest streets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the newly discovered novel by Iceberg Slim, the creator and undisputed master of African-American \"street literature,\" a man who profoundly influenced hip hop and rap culture and probably has sold more books than any other black American author of the twentieth century (not that he saw the royalties from those sales). In many ways Iceberg Slim's most mature fictional work, \u003ci\u003eShetani's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e relates, in taut, evocative vernacular torn straight from the street corner, the deadly duel between two complex anitheroes: Sergeant Russell Rucker, an LAPD vice detective attempting to clean up street prostitution and police corruption, and Shetani (Swahili for Satan), a veteran master pimp who controls his stable of whores with violence and daily doses of heroin.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age 18. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, where he remained, pimping until he was 42. After several stints in jail he decided to give up the life and turned to writing, crafting most famously his autobiographical classic, \u003ci\u003ePimp: The Story of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761101177120,"sku":"9781101872598","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b8a7b078ecd4266065f0618a330093f.webp?v=1780199719","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shetanis-sister-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}