[…] For those who look to the classic hard-boiled narrative, I recommend Chester Himes, known for his hard-boiled Harlem cop novels of the fifties, and Iceberg Slim, whose autobiography Pimp: The Story of My Life and subsequent works of fiction (many of which then graced the silver screen) transformed both the literature of the streets and the idioms of many Americans. […]
mysterypeople.wordpress.com 
[…] For those who look to the classic hard-boiled narrative, I recommend Chester Himes, known for his hard-boiled Harlem cop novels of the fifties, and Iceberg Slim, whose autobiography Pimp: The Story of My Life and subsequent works of fiction (many of which then graced the silver screen) transformed both the literature of the streets and the idioms of many Americans. […]