A Rage in Harlem - Hardcover

Himes, Chester

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0850316189 ISBN 13: 9780850316186

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 1985

Synopsis

Goldy, Jackson's crafty twin brother, tries to help Jackson recover his life savings from the con man who cheated him

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Review:

"Himes undertook to do for Harlem what Raymond Chandler did for Los Angeles."
--"Newsweek "
"One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius."
--Walter Mosley
"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
"Himes's Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction."
--"The New York Times"

Himes undertook to do for Harlem what Raymond Chandler did for Los Angeles.
Newsweek
One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.
Walter Mosley
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
Himes s Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction.
The New York Times"

From the Back Cover:

To be square in Harlem is to risk your life. And Jackson is so square he can't see through the lovely Imabelle, even when she introduces him to a man who knows the 'secret' of turning $10 bills into $100s. Soon Jackson is losing his life-savings to this con man, stealing money from his boss and then blowing this 'borrowed' money on the crap tables.

So begins Chester Himes' first foray into crime fiction, the novel which was to win him massive international acclaim.

A Rage In Harlem introduces readers to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, Harlem's toughest cops and Himes' most memorable fictional creations. Renowned for their meanness and always armed with their legendary nickel-plated Colts, they patrol the streets of the ghetto trying to keep some semblance of order.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0850316189
• ISBN 13: 9780850316186
• Binding: Hardcover