A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes

A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes

To be square in Harlem is to risk your life. A Rage in Harlem also introduces readers to Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones, Harlem's toughest pair of cops and Himes' most memorable fictional creations.

[A Rage in Harlem] quickly achieved deserved cult statusThe writing is a sheer delight: hard and edgy but never far from a wisecrack, and the plot vibrates with con-men, hard-nosed cops and shysters dressed as nuns. * * Time Out * *
This tense puzzle is witty, angry and full of disturbing social insights. * * The Times * *
[This book] assuredly earns the appellation classic. . . Himes challenges his readers to confront violence with a brutal realism that loses none of its impact today. * * The Herald * *

Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1909. Expelled from Ohio State University (he was in the same class as Ralph Ellison), in 1928 Himes was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for armed robbery. His writing career began in jail and on release he had a number of controversial novels, including Lonely Crusade, published before he left America for good. It was in Paris that he began writing thrillers, which were extremely successful - his first, A Rage in Harlem, won the 1958 Grand Prix Policier and the subsequent Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones novels were big hits both in France and America. He died in Spain in 1984.

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ISBN 13	9781841950242
ISBN 10	1841950246
Title	A Rage in Harlem
Author	Chester Himes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2000-08-16
Number of pages	224
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