Pinktoes
by:
Chester Himes (author)
"Pinktoes", Chester Himes said, "is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either". In this rowdy work of fiction that debunks self-satisfied do-gooders, Himes satirizes social missionaries...
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"Pinktoes", Chester Himes said, "is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either". In this rowdy work of fiction that debunks self-satisfied do-gooders, Himes satirizes social missionaries who preach uplift and promote specious causes. With Rabelaisian zest he portrays
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Format: hardcover
ASIN: B0000CMRVP
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Edition language: English
Enjoyable as a satire of black/white relations but it doesn't have the power of Himes' earlier work. The characters are parodies of people in Himes' life and don't come across as "real" so I wasn't drawn in to their lives as I was in If He Hollers Let Him Go, for example.
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