Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game (2007) (edited still)

AP-113 · LITERATURE

Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game (2007)

Pimpin' Ken's first book, written with Karen Hunter: 48 short "laws" drawn from the life, pitched as rules for image, persuasion and power.

Book cover, 2007 hardcover (via Open Library).

Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game is the first book by Pimpin' Ken, written with the journalist and author Karen Hunter. Goodreads dates the hardcover to July 24, 2007. AbeBooks lists that edition under the Simon & Schuster imprint Simon Pulse (ISBN 9781416938446) and a 2008 paperback from Gallery Books (ISBN 9781416961048), which carries the subtitle A Relationship Guide.

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The book is organised as 48 numbered laws. Its title and structure echo Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power (1998), and like Greene's book it presents each rule as a short lesson with examples. The description carried on retail listings frames the laws as insider rules about image, seduction and power that apply beyond the street.

The book became the backbone of Pimpin' Ken's later media work. His Pimp College video course is built law by law on it, and his second book, The Art of Human Chess (2015), extends the same approach to strategy and competition. It sits on this archive's literature shelf beside Iceberg Slim's Pimp (1967), the book most memoirs in this tradition are measured against.

ALSO KNOWN AS
Not established

BORN
Published 2007 (hardcover); 2008 (paperback)

STATUS
In print

ERA
2007–present

ASSOCIATED WITH
Pimpin' Ken; co-writer Karen Hunter; Simon & Schuster imprints; Pimp College

STANDING
Documented

DOCUMENTED RECORD

July 24, 2007: Hardcover publication date listed by Goodreads; authors Pimpin' Ken and Karen Hunter.
2007: Hardcover listed by AbeBooks under Simon Pulse, ISBN 9781416938446.
2008: Paperback from Gallery Books, ISBN 9781416961048, subtitled A Relationship Guide.
The book is structured as 48 numbered laws.

NOT ESTABLISHED

Sales figures: no published sales numbers were found.
How much of the text is Pimpin' Ken's own writing and how much Karen Hunter's: the credit is shared and the split is not documented.
Page counts differ between listings (Goodreads lists 184 pages for one hardcover; AbeBooks lists 256), so the exact edition details should be checked against a physical copy.