by Chester Himes
This was the first book I read by [a:Chester Himes|4392029|Chester Himes|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311732915p2/4392029.jpg] and I loved it! It was exciting, well-written, darkly comic, and unexpectedly absurd while still being noir to its core. Because of his love for his sexy lady-friend: th...
This is the first book of Chester B. Himes' Harlem cycle and I will soon be scavenging the used book stores to find the rest. Himes is often called the Raymond Chandler of Harlem but I think he is more like a godfather to the gritty crime noir now populated by Joe R. Lansdale, Charlie Huston and oth...
I put Chester Himes right up there on the top shelf with Cain, Chandler and Hammett. A Rage in Harlem is an excellent introduction to the characters of Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. This is a funny, fast-paced and gritty look at 1950's Harlem. Read this and you'll become a fan of Chester...
Chester Himes is not a hack writer, which makes this novel (as well as his other hard-crime books, including the recently read Cotton Comes to Harlem) better than average.Beyond my endorsement, the only other comment I'd make is that I watched the Forest Whitaker/Gregory Hines adaptation of this nov...
Although he was able to do much more, Himes' Harlem Detective books ARE a hell of a lot of fun.
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