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Title: Mama Black Widow by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck, Iceberg ISBN: 0-87067-975-9 Publisher: Holloway House Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Story of Suffering Black Family Considered 'Excellent'???
Comment: "Black Mama Widow" is a disturbing novel told in first person by Otis Tilson... The beginning of the book starts off in the present with Otis and his current problems but through flashback we're taken back in time to his childhood in the South. We are introduced to his parents and siblings and go with them to Chicago where they are hoping for a better life. Instead of offering them the freedom and wealth they were hoping for, Chicago offers the family misery and poverty, causing them to disentigrate. From Otis' childhood in Chicago, we learn how the lust for material wealth causes a Black family to lead immoral lifestyles. Stealing, lying, boozin', soliciting sex, killing,and treating family members as means are just some of them.
Although my first impression of the book was that maybe there could be some kind of postive message eventually involved (what was I thinking?), I soon became disgusted. Out of all the characters, especially those in Otis' family, no one makes it out of the misery they are in. They each run into some disasterous fate and are unable to get out. There is no hope for anyone, and no one wants or is trying to break free from the cycle of destruction that keeps them down. The cycle just continues until eventually each one finally meets their fate, a physical and/or spiritual death.
Although the author's writing style is good, the content of the book isn't inspiring. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless they needed to be warned about the consequences of self-centeredness...
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I read the book and I thought it was excellent. The only thing I did'nt like about the book. It was hard trying to interpret some of the southern slang that was used. I am from the south myself and I was having a headache trying to figure out some of the words and phrases. This goes out to one of the reviewers. I think her name is Sherance Brothers.Thanks for telling the whole story. Since I already read the book I'm not trippin. But you ruined it for everybody else that was looking foward to reading the book. On the other hand this is another Iceberg Slim classic. R.I.P Robert Beck.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic this is amazing
Comment: Iceberg Slim outdid himself once again when he wrote this novel dealing with tragic drag queen otis tilson this book isn't just about homosexuals but how homosexuals in the black community are created by the system that was designed to break the black man and woman and otis is another victim who was molested by a deacon yeah this is messed up. This is a sad story as otis talks about getting raped, how his dad was a proud reverend down south then when the family moved to chi town the mother just took over and had papa tilson drink himself to an early grave while carol was murdered by moms for being impregnated by a white man then forcing bessie out in the streets where she was murdered by a crazed john who buried her remains under a burned car.
yes this is still a serious issue within the black community nationwide while homosexuality increases and now it's worser because of the rise of aids in the black community this was all designed by the man and his system which will continue to niggerize poor black males you should also read the infamous william lynch letter for info on how the black male and woman was broken.
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Title: Trick Baby by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck, Iceberg ISBN: 0870679775 Publisher: All America Distributors Corp Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck ISBN: 0870679791 Publisher: Holloway House Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Airtight Willie & Me by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck, Iceberg ISBN: 0870679767 Publisher: All America Distributors Corp Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim by Beck Robert, Robert Beck ISBN: 0870679988 Publisher: Holloway House Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Death Wish by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck ISBN: 0870679783 Publisher: Holloway House Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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