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25%OFFChester Himes - All Shot Up - 9780241521120 - 9780241521120
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All Shot Up

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Description for All Shot Up Paperback.

'Outrageous, shocking, wonderful' The New York Times

A golden Cadillac big enough to cross the ocean has been seen sailing along the streets of Harlem. A hit-and-run victim's been hit so hard she got embedded in the wall of a convent. A shootout with three heistmen dressed as cops has left an important politician in a coma - and a lot of money missing. And Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are the ones who have to piece it all together.

All Shot Up is chaotic, bloody - and completely unforgettable. Chester Himes wrote detective fiction darker, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241521120
SKU
9780241521120
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Chester Himes
Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and grew up in Cleveland. Aged 19 he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years in jail. In jail he began to write short stories, some of which were published in Esquire magazine. Upon release he took a variety of jobs, from working in a California shipyard ... Read more

Reviews for All Shot Up
The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler
Sunday Times
Himes wrote spectacularly successful entertainments, filled with gems of descriptive writing, plots that barely sidestep chaos, characters surreal, grotesque, comic, hip, Harlem recollected as a place that can make you laugh, cry, shudder.
John Edgar Wideman Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for All Shot Up


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