{"product_id":"the-real-cool-killers-paperback","title":"The Real Cool Killers - Paperback","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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that Walter Kirn said was like \"Hieronymus Bosch meets Miles Davis\" \u003ci\u003e(The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). - Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones get personally involved in a gang dispute in one of the most provocative cases in Chester Himes's groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany people had reasons for killing Ulysses Galen, a big Greek with too much money and too great a liking for young black girls. But there are complications--like Sonny, found standing over the body, high on hash, with a gun in his hand that fires only blanks; a gang called the Moslems; a disappearing suspect; and the fact that Coffin Ed's daughter is up to her pretty little neck in the whole explosive business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChester Himes was born in Missouri in 1909. He began writing while serving a prison sentence for a jewel theft and published just short of twenty novels before his death in 1984. Among his best-known thrillers are \u003ci\u003eBlind Man with a Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCotton Comes to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Crazy Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Rage in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Cool Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heat's On\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Vintage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.03 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44303336276070,"sku":"9780679720393","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/V0RpZkRpUGNxQTF0eVlucEZxREluZz09.webp?v=1767534937","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-real-cool-killers-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}