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The Crazy Kill

The Crazy Kill - Paperback

by Chester Himes
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chester HimesSeries:Harlem Detectives #3Publish date:1989-12-17Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679725725ISBN-10:679725725UPC:9780679725725Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, CrimeBook Topic:Hard-Boiled, CrimeSize:8.00 x 5.19 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC29E3X9S3
From "one of the most important American writers of the 20th century" (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence.

One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out--but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs. As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It's up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who murdered Val.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679725725ISBN-10:679725725UPC:9780679725725Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, CrimeBook Topic:Hard-Boiled, CrimeSize:8.00 x 5.19 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SC29E3X9S3
CHESTER HIMES began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 to 1936. From his first novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945), Himes dealt with the social and psychological repercussions of being black in a white-dominated society. Beginning in 1953, Himes moved to Europe, where he met and was strongly influenced by Richard Wright. It was in France that he began his best-known series of crime novels--including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)--featuring two Harlem policemen. As with Himes's earlier work, the series is characterized by violence and grisly, sardonic humor. He died in Spain in 1984.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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