A factual and unflinching account of Iceberg Slim, from his early life as Robert Beck to his years in the criminal underworld and his later reinvention as a writer whose work continues to influence literature and culture.

Marjoe Gortner was ordained at four, earned $3 million for his parents by his teens, and then let a film crew document every manipulation trick in his playbook. The documentary won an Oscar. His parents kept the money.

In 1758, in the quiet Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe, a frail and sickly baby was born to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine. The child was christened Horatio, and few could have imagined that he would grow into one of Britain’s most celebrated naval heroes. From an early age, Horatio Nelson was marked by ill health, yet his resolve and courage would come to define the very spirit of the Royal Navy during its age of supremacy. A Boy Sent to Sea At the tender