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Death wish : a story of the Mafia / Iceberg Slim.
Chronicles the clash between Jimmy Collucci, an ambitious member of Chicago's Mafia, and Jessie Taylor, an African American driven by revenge and hatred to destroy Collucci's infamous organization.
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- ISBN: 9781936399178 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1936399172 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 243 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: [United States] : Cash Money Content, c2013.
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| Subject: | Mafia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Urban fiction. |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2012 November #1
Billed as the original Mafia story, this 1977 work is the last novel by longtime pimp-turned-writer Robert Beck (better known as Iceberg Slim). A classic reissued in a snazzy new big-publisher edition; as gritty as it gets.
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