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[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts and uptown carryings-on unlike anything the genre had previously seen.
The Boston Globe
One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.
Walter Mosley
A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor.
The New York Times
For sheer toughness it s hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books they combine elements of George V. Higgins, Elmore Leonard, and Richard Stark, with a bleak vision all their own.
The Washington Post"
"[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction--emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts and uptown carryings-on--unlike anything the genre had previously seen."
--The Boston Globe "One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius."
--Walter Mosley "A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor."
--The New York Times
"For sheer toughness it's hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books--they combine elements of George V. Higgins, Elmore Leonard, and Richard Stark, with a bleak vision all their own."
--The Washington Post
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The Boston Globe
One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.
Walter Mosley
A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor.
The New York Times
For sheer toughness it s hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books they combine elements of George V. Higgins, Elmore Leonard, and Richard Stark, with a bleak vision all their own.
The Washington Post"
"[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction--emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts and uptown carryings-on--unlike anything the genre had previously seen."
--The Boston Globe "One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius."
--Walter Mosley "A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor."
--The New York Times
"For sheer toughness it's hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books--they combine elements of George V. Higgins, Elmore Leonard, and Richard Stark, with a bleak vision all their own."
--The Washington Post
Chester Himes was born in Missouri in 1909. He began writing while serving a prison sentence for a jewel theft and published just short of twenty novels before his death in 1984. Among his best-known thrillers are Blind Man with a Pistol, Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Crazy Kill, A Rage in Harlem, The Real Cool Killers, and The Heat's On, all available from Vintage.
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- PublisherAllison & Busby
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0850315956
- ISBN 13 9780850315950
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