{"product_id":"shetanis-sister-iceberg-slim-9781101872598","title":"Shetani's Sister","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the multi-million copy master of vernacular black literature and pioneeer of hip hop culture, a masterpiece of crime fiction set in Los Angeles' meanest, toughest streets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the newly discovered novel by Iceberg Slim, the creator and undisputed master of African-American \"street literature,\" a man who profoundly influenced hip hop and rap culture and probably has sold more books than any other black American author of the twentieth century (not that he saw the royalties from those sales). In many ways Iceberg Slim's most mature fictional work, \u003ci\u003eShetani's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e relates, in taut, evocative vernacular torn straight from the street corner, the deadly duel between two complex anitheroes: Sergeant Russell Rucker, an LAPD vice detective attempting to clean up street prostitution and police corruption, and Shetani (Swahili for Satan), a veteran master pimp who controls his stable of whores with violence and daily doses of heroin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iceberg Slim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101872594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101872598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2015 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015","brand":"Iceberg Slim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051886604543,"sku":"9781101872598","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0f5799d-da29-49b4-9cb3-11f9e36ce575.jpg?v=1685015761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shetanis-sister-iceberg-slim-9781101872598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}