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Trick baby, the biography of a con man

This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned. Trick Baby tells the story of "White Folks," a blue-eyed, light-haired, con-artist whose pale skin allows him to pass in the streets as a white man. Folks is tormented early in life, rejected by other children and branded a "Trick Baby," the child conceived between a hooker and her trick. Refusing to abandon his life in the ghetto and a chance at revenge, Folks is taken under the wing of an older mentor, Blue. What happens next is not to be believed. Only Slim could bring us the story of a hustler, forced to learn the game and rise to the top. It's Slim's story and he tells it in the only way he knows how, in the language of the streets.

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  • "Story of a white Negro"@en

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  • "This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned. Trick Baby tells the story of "White Folks," a blue-eyed, light-haired, con-artist whose pale skin allows him to pass in the streets as a white man. Folks is tormented early in life, rejected by other children and branded a "Trick Baby," the child conceived between a hooker and her trick. Refusing to abandon his life in the ghetto and a chance at revenge, Folks is taken under the wing of an older mentor, Blue. What happens next is not to be believed. Only Slim could bring us the story of a hustler, forced to learn the game and rise to the top. It's Slim's story and he tells it in the only way he knows how, in the language of the streets."@en
  • "A novel set among the hustlers of southside Chicago tells the story of an extraordinary con artist called "White Folks," a light-haired, blue-eyed, white-skinned black man."@en
  • "White Folks est un arnaqueur de race noire. Il fait la rencontre d'Old Blue, un vieil homme noir, qui a su perfectionner l'art de l'arnaque. Ensemble, ils forment la paire d'arnaqueurs la plus efficace de Chicago. Un roman dans une langue crue qui évoque le monde de la nuit et de la rue, les plaisirs clandestins, les endroits louches."
  • ""A blue-eyed, light-haired, white-skinned Negro called "White Folks," the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned! ... Folks was tomented by the hateful name, "Trick Baby," but he chose to stay in the black ghetto of southside Chicago because that's where he could turn the tables and exact his revenge!"--Back cover."@en

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  • "Trick baby, the biography of a con man"
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  • "Trick baby : the biography of a con man"
  • "Trick baby : the biography of a con man"@en
  • "Trick baby the story of a white negro"
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  • "Trick Baby : la storia di un negro bianco"
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  • "Trick baby : [the story of a white Negro]"@en
  • "Trick baby. The biogr. of a con man"

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