A Rage in Harlem
Himes, Chester B.
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
For the love of fine and wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson loses his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds and steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a crap table. Luckily for him, Jackson has a savvy twin brother, Goldy, who, disguised as a Sister of Mercy, earns a living by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. Now for the big payback...
BOOK REVIEWS
"Himes undertook to do for Harlem what Raymond Chandler did for Los Angeles." --Newsweek
"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
"Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. His command of nuances of character and dynamics of plot is preeminent among writers of crime fiction. He is a master craftsman." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0679720405
ISBN(13-digit): 9780679720409
Copyright: 1989
Dewey Decimal: 813/.54
Library of Congress: 89040064
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 0.35
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