'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times
Jackson's 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 Himes's 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
| ISBN: | 9780241521083 |
| Publication date: | 25th March 2021 |
| Author: | Chester B Himes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction Street fiction / urban fiction Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction |
'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times
Jackson's 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 Himes's 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 Rage in Harlem features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction, Street fiction / urban fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
A Rage in Harlem is available in Paperback
A Rage in Harlem was written by Chester B Himes and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
A Rage in Harlem has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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