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Doom Fox

Iceberg Slim

1998240 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Grove Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780802135889
  • 1998Payback Press · 260 pages · ENGISBN 9780862417628
  • 2012Canongate Books · ENGISBN 9780857869807
  • 2012Canongate Books · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780857869791

Propelled by the story of Joe "Kong" Allen and his gorgeous, treacherous wife, Doom Fox is the last in Iceberg Slim's legendary series of underground novels. Written in 1978 and unpublished until now, Doom Fox is a tale of the Los Angeles ghetto that begins just after World War II and spans the next thirty years. In the no-holds-barred tradition of Chester Himes, Doom Fox captures a violent, vivid world of low-riding chippie-catchers, prizefighters, prostitutes, and smooth-talking preachers. Iceberg Slim detailed life among the hustlers in the inner city and reinvented the concept of cool. His books became underground classics, advertised and circulated by word of mouth. Stylish and uncensored, Doom Fox brings his unforgettable voice to the players of today.

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