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The crazy kill
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- Book Synopsis
- A classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem abound Big Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It's up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine - though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police. Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.
- About The Author
- Chester Himes was born in Missouri in 1909. Aged nineteen he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twenty-five years in jail, where he began to write short stories. Upon release, he took a variety of jobs while continuing to write fiction. He later moved to Paris where he wrote the first of his Harlem detective novels, A Rage in Harlem, which won the 1957 Grand prix de littérature policière. In 1969 Himes moved to Spain, where he died in 1984.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780241692639
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (28 November 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 160
- Weight
- 147 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 11 mm
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