The essential Harlem detectives
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Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; volume 417.
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New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2024.
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Book
Physical Desc:
xxxiii, 665 pages ; 22 cm.
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Description
"Here in one volume is an exceptional selection from Chester Himes's acclaimed Harlem Detectives series. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and lauded by Jean Cocteau as a "prodigious masterpiece," A Rage in Harlem introduces detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson in a searing escapade. In The Real Cool Killers, the duo investigates a shooting and discovers an unsettling personal connection. In The Crazy Kill, a man is found in a breadbasket, stabbed to death, leaving Himes's detectives to find out who among the many suspects did it. And in Cotton Comes to Harlem, the brazen robbery of a notorious con man running a back-to-Africa scam sets off a hunt for a bale of Southern cotton. These masterful novels exhibit Himes's evocative, baroque descriptions of Black life in Harlem and his famously blistering social commentary."--
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ISBN:
9781101908396, 1101908394
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Bibliography
Incluces bibliographical references (pages xi-xiii).
Description
"Here in one volume is an exceptional selection from Chester Himes's acclaimed Harlem Detectives series. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and lauded by Jean Cocteau as a "prodigious masterpiece," A Rage in Harlem introduces detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson in a searing escapade. In The Real Cool Killers, the duo investigates a shooting and discovers an unsettling personal connection. In The Crazy Kill, a man is found in a breadbasket, stabbed to death, leaving Himes's detectives to find out who among the many suspects did it. And in Cotton Comes to Harlem, the brazen robbery of a notorious con man running a back-to-Africa scam sets off a hunt for a bale of Southern cotton. These masterful novels exhibit Himes's evocative, baroque descriptions of Black life in Harlem and his famously blistering social commentary."--,from inside dust jacket.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Himes, C. B., Cosby, S. A., & Himes, C. B. (2024). The essential Harlem detectives. Alfred A Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984, S. A., Cosby and Chester B. Himes. 2024. The Essential Harlem Detectives. Alfred A Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984, S. A., Cosby and Chester B. Himes, The Essential Harlem Detectives. Alfred A Knopf, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Himes, Chester B., et al. The Essential Harlem Detectives. Alfred A Knopf, 2024.
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