This novel charts the rise of White Folks, a light-skinned African-American who uses his colour as his trump card in the tough game of the con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and white-skinned, White Folks was a successful con man, a hustler in the jungle of Southside Chicago where only the sharpest survive. Trick Baby shows you the real deal of being black in America no matter which shade you happen to be.
(original has difft cover)