Long White Con [Mass Market Paperback]

Iceberg Slim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1988

Taking up where "Trick Baby" left off, White Folks moves up to Canada after the death of his partner and mentor, Blue Howard. There, he hooks up with the Vicksburg Kid, who completes his con education. Together they form a formidable duo, playing for the highest stakes in the Unhappy Virgin Game.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Holloway House (August 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870679740
• ISBN-13: 978-0870679742
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,896,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the long book about a white con, September 3, 2005

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tiffany hamer "bookfiend" (milwaukee, wi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long White Con (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a slow read. After reading white folks several years back, i was quite excited to run across this book. i expected this book to pick up where the last left off, it hardly does so, and it barely tells a story worth telling.
Too many loose ends in this book. However due to my soft spot for the author it has earned 4 count em 4 stars. I recommend reading dope fiend or mama black widow, truly entertaining and distrubing at the same time, if thats at all possible.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Con Games Continue, August 8, 2000

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Richard Ballard "rjballard" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long White Con (Mass Market Paperback)

In "Trick Baby", Robert Beck (street-named Iceberg Slim) told the story of Johnny O'Brien (street-named White Folks) and his early days running the short con -- a confidence game designed to cheat the mark (victim) out of small amounts of money. Johnny O'Brien's story continues in "Long White Con". Johnny now calls himself Folks. He has graduated to the long con. Long cons are elaborate confidence games that include casts of rehearsed players plus elaborate sets. In long cons wealthy marks are cheated out of large amounts of money. Folks is older now; he is an experienced actor and has more self-confidence.

"Long White Con" contains some insight into long con games, but periodically Mr. Beck uses sexually-explicit material in place of content. The dialogue is not excellent and only Folks' character is well-developed.

I do not recommend this book.

10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda Boring, March 30, 1999

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This review is from: Long White Con (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm a Beck fan indeed, but I don't like this book. Actually, I've only read one other Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim) book before, and that'd be Pimp. Pimp is much, much better by a long shot. This book definantly falls short of anything Pimp has to offer. It's not worth the buy, my friends. If you're interested in some great reading, may I suggest you basically choose anything by Donald Goines?