A bawdy, brazen rollercoaster of a novel . . . the wildest The New York TimesA preacher called Deke OMalleys been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one mans brain matter flying - the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it.Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem.With an Introduction by Will Self
Outrageous, shocking, wonderful The New York TimesA golden Cadillac big enough to cross the ocean has been seen sailing along the streets of Harlem. A hit-and-run victims been hit so hard she got embedded in the wall of a convent. A shootout with three heistmen dressed as cops has left an important politician in a coma - and a lot of money missing. And Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are the ones who have to piece it all together.All Shot Up is chaotic, bloody - and completely unforgettable. Chester Himes wrote detective fiction darker, dirtier and more extreme than anyone else dared.
The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler Sunday TimesDetectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off - but it shouldnt be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the drug dealer, though, isnt coming back - he died after Grave Digger punched him in the stomach. And his death might cost them both their badges. Unless they can track down the cause of all this mayhem - like the African with his throat slit and the dog the size of a lion with an open head wound.Chester Himess hardboiled tales of Harlem have a barely contained chaos and a visceral, macabre edge all their own.
The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler Sunday TimesJacksons woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle.The first of Chester Himess novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, A Rage in Harlem has swagger, brutal humour, lurid violence, a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy.With an Introduction by Luc Sante
A stark depiction of the alligator pond of prison life Rage tempered with compassion its emotional core continues to smoulder The New York Times Book ReviewThrill seeking teenager Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty year sentence for robbery in the state penitentiary where terror and chaos reign corrupt guards inflict casual violence and men try to preserve their dignity amid isolation and inhumanity When a fire breaks out setting hell and mayhem loose it seems Jimmy s entire world is unravelling But as he develops a tender relationship with fellow convict Rico hope begins to glimmer and through his eventual foray into writing something resembling redemption Originally published in 1952 in an expurgated version as Cast the First Stone Yesterday Will Make You Cry draws on Chester Himes s own youthful experiences of imprisonment to face down the scouring truths of harm and love Himes at the top of his game what an amazing book it is Melvin Van Peebles
Robert Jones has got a lot going for him - a steady job, a steady relationship and plenty of prospects - until a white woman accuses him of rape and, all of a sudden, his prospects seem a lot less br
En 1937 Chester Himes escribió Por el pasado llorarás, después de cumplir condena por robo a mano armada. Brutal unas veces, lírica otras, lanovela cuenta de forma autobiográfica cómo el paso del protagonista por el sistema penitenciario puso a prueba su salud mental, su capacidad desufrimiento y el concepto del amor que había hasta ese momento.
