Death Wish Av Iceberg Slim

<p>Iceberg Slim''s last published novel is perhaps his greatest. <i>Death Wish</i>, written in Slim''s typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells the story of Chicago''s Mafia and the power struggle that ensues when the greedy Don, Jimmy Collucci, attempts to become the king-pin of Chicago''s ''''Honored Society''''. Not only is this a portrayal of an organisation whose working details Slim knew intimately but we also see Mafia infighting set against a backdrop of the underworld in its entirety.<br><br>For Jimmy Collucci has had a lifelong hatred pf dedicated Black Warrior, Jesse Taylor, against whom he has regularly competed for turf on the streets of Chicago. And Jessie Taylor has managed to get himself in a position from which he is confident that he can take on Collucci and his ruthless outfit.<br><br>The result is bloody and riveting. Another masterpiece from the man whose prose redefined post-war American literature and who remains one of the most startlingly origi