A Rage in Harlem
Author: Himes, Chester
ISBN: 9780241521083
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times
Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle.
The first of Chester Himes's novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, A Rage in Harlem has swagger, brutal humour, lurid violence, a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy.
With a new Introduction by Luc Sante.
ISBN: 9780241521083
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times
Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle.
The first of Chester Himes's novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, A Rage in Harlem has swagger, brutal humour, lurid violence, a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy.
With a new Introduction by Luc Sante.
