{"product_id":"the-essential-harlem-detectives-a-rage-in-harlem-the-real-cool-killers-the-crazy-kill-cotton-comes-to-harlem-hardcover","title":"The Essential Harlem Detectives: A Rage in Harlem, the Real Cool Killers, the Crazy Kill, Cotton Comes to Harlem - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChester Himes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice - A one-volume selection of four novels in the legendary detective series--blistering, groundbreaking capers set in Harlem's criminal underworld--by master crime writer Chester Himes. With an introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author S.A. Cosby. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction--emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts, and uptown carryings-on--unlike anything the genre had previously seen.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Himes's Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His implacable drive to examine the Black experience, the disingenuous nature of the American Dream, the reality of pain and sorrow and what it does to the soul, that is what makes [Himes] the bard of the existential African American psyche.\" --S.A. Cosby, from his Introduction\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere in one volume is an exceptional selection from Chester Himes's acclaimed Harlem Detectives series. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix de Litt駻ature Polici鑽e and lauded by Jean Cocteau as a \"prodigious masterpiece,\" \u003ci\u003eA Rage in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e introduces detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson in a searing escapade. In \u003ci\u003eThe Real Cool Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, the duo investigates a shooting and discovers an unsettling personal connection. In \u003ci\u003eThe Crazy Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, a man is found in a breadbasket, stabbed to death, leaving Himes's detectives to find out who among the many suspects did it. And in \u003ci\u003eCotton Comes to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, the brazen robbery of a notorious con man running a back-to-Africa scam sets off a hunt for a bale of Southern cotton. These masterful novels exhibit Himes's evocative, baroque descriptions of Black life in Harlem and his famously blistering social commentary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHESTER HIMES began his writing career in 1932 while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery. In 1953, Himes moved to Europe, and it was in France that he began his popular series of crime novels featuring two Harlem policemen. In 1958, he won France's prestigious Grand Priz de Litt駻ature Polic鑽e. He died in Spain in 1984. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eS. A. COSBY is the award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Sinners Bleed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRazorblade Tears, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlacktop Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e, the last of which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR\u003ci\u003e, The Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 712\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44327645675622,"sku":"9781101908396","price":43.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/6nvnXryG9781101908396.webp?v=1768287078","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-essential-harlem-detectives-a-rage-in-harlem-the-real-cool-killers-the-crazy-kill-cotton-comes-to-harlem-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}