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Summary: An unearthed if a bit unpolished treasure.
Review: DOOM FOX by Iceberg Slim is well worth reading. In my opinion, it was every bit as satisfying a read as PIMP or TRICK BABY or MAMA BLACK WIDOW. This, despite the fact that it was written in 1978 and never before published, most likely making it a found novel, without benefit of polish.The people in DOOM FOX don't talk in anybody else's voice but their own. And i found Slim's ear to be just as finely tuned as in any of his other books. There is nothing fake about this book. And i think it's very possible to write fiction and not be fake, although it's rare. Iceberg Slim has not lost his touch for that, here.The characters speak from their own, often broken, hearts. They are looking for love. They look up alley-ways and in the lair of a junkie con artist and in eyes that are looking somewhere else, maybe while pledging fidelity. What they find, is something else altogether.So, what is the Kirkus reviewer objecting to ? Sex ? Does he/she think the author invented it ? 'Language' ? Same deal.The book is a document of characters reaching out for some kind of happiness before their final breath.Personally, i enjoyed spending time with them, because i could believe them; because they were real.Who could ask more of a book than that ?
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Summary: A real account of life's twists and turns.
Review: Even if you can't directly relate to the characters in Doom Fox, you can relate to the themes of searching for a better life, for happiness and for love. All of the characters in this book have a story. Slim's graphic details put you right on the roller coaster with them. At first I was a little taken aback by his language because you begin to wonder if it's necessary but as I read on, I realized it is totally necessary! It's one of the things that makes this story so tangible. His descriptiveness also makes it a easy to picture the rooms, the houses, the alleyways and the people and dramas that take place there. I judge a book on many things but one of the most important is whether or not I feel attached to the characters once I finish it; the same way I do when I watch an outstanding film. Doom Fox was definitely one of those books.
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Summary: iceburg and donald goines are great authors
Review: I have not read this book yet, but I am very excited to buy it, I have read all of the dramas, and personally I think that they are great, I find myself living in the scene, like a movie, I'm really into the "old school" script and I find It very interesting...I am positive that It will be a "legend" just like all of the others...Its great reading....
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Summary: none
Review: I'm sorry but I have NOT read this book, YET. I am a black woman and I do not see Slim's work as you see it. Evidently, Mr.Kirkus is not familiar with Slims work. I have been reading Slims work for over 10 years. Maybe you need to read Black Mama Widow to really understand 10% of this great author's work! You should also read some of Donald Goines work to understand the writings. Slim and Goines make you forget all about your world and they bring you to theirs. I know it must have been hard for them to write the way "the world" would like them to, but coming from where they were, writing WAS the only way out for them!! If a book can may you cry and laugh all at the same time; it's a winner. "Slim tricks up his prose with patches of low-grade porn: his lame melodramatics are as offensive as his degrading view of women everywhere on display here." Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Summary: outstanding work from a good word weaver....
Review: This book is an outstanding,lyrical,great work from a master wordsmith.The story and character portrayal are complex and intriguing.This is difficult to put down once youve started.I think a lot of people get off on the sensational and extreme aspect of his writing,but there is no doubting that there is a subtlety and poignance at work here which runs deep. This one and MAMA BLACK WIDOW are my faves from this great writer.Just buy now...You wont be disapponted.His descriptions are so unique and well expressed.Many avant garde or intellectual "geniuses" would be proud to reach his heights of expression,but Iceberg just always seems to have kept it real and not got off on any pseudo scholarly trip.Judging from the heights of his expression,belive me,he could have rubbed shoulders witht the French left bank crew etc.Would he have wanted to?This is an exrtraordinary peice of work.
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Summary: Doom Fox
Review: This book was too cold even for Iceberg Slim. It left me feeling down and out; almost as if we are not in control of our lives. The writing was stunning, (its Iceberg Slim) but the book was too cold. The good guy never stood a chance. Nothing went right for the fello. Slim could have let the poor guy get something right.
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Summary: Doom Fox
Review: This book was too cold even for Iceberg Slim. It left me feeling down and out; almost as if we are not in control of our lives. The writing was stunning, (its Iceberg Slim) but the book was too cold. The good guy never stood a chance. Nothing went right for the fello. Slim could have let the poor guy get something right.
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Summary: A real account of life's twists and turns.
Review: This man comes second to the one and only Donald Goines. I love going into their worlds and becoming the people in there books. All I can say about this book is that it is just as good as all the rest. R.I.P
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This man comes second to the one and only Donald Goines. I love going into their worlds and becoming the people in there books. All I can say about this book is that it is just as good as all the rest. R.I.P
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Summary: good book
Review: this was one of Iceberg Slim's best to me, his writing style was a lot easier to read in this book. The characters where definately unforgettable. I would recommend it.
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