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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Chester Himes
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Description for Cotton Comes to Harlem
Paperback.
'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily Telegraph
A con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell's broken loose.
The 'Reverend' Deke O'Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241639221
SKU
9780241639221
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About Chester Himes
Chester Himes was arrested for armed robbery in 1928, aged 19, 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 to journalism to script-writing, while continuing to write fiction. He later moved ... Read more
Reviews for Cotton Comes to Harlem
The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler.
Sunday Times
A bawdy, brazen rollercoaster of a novel . . . the wildest.
New York Times Book Review
Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. His command of nuances of character and dynamics of plot is preeminent among writers ... Read more
Sunday Times
A bawdy, brazen rollercoaster of a novel . . . the wildest.
New York Times Book Review
Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. His command of nuances of character and dynamics of plot is preeminent among writers ... Read more