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The Crazy Kill

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Zusatztext “[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction—emphasizing urban atmosphere! street smarts and uptown carryings-on—unlike anything the genre had previously seen.”     — The Boston Globe “One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.”     —Walter Mosley “A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor.”     — The New York Times     “For sheer toughness it’s hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books—they combine elements of George V. Higgins! Elmore Leonard! and Richard Stark! with a bleak vision all their own.”     — The Washington Post Informationen zum Autor Chester Himes Klappentext Love and jealousy erupt into violence in The Crazy Kill , a classic thriller in Chester Himes's trailblazing Harlem Detectives series. One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out--but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs. As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It's up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson ti find out who murdered Val. Zusammenfassung From “one of the most important American writers of the 20th century” (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence.    One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out--but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs.  As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It's up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who murdered Val....

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Authors Chester Himes, Chester B. Himes
Publisher Vintage USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 17.12.1989
 
EAN 9780679725725
ISBN 978-0-679-72572-5
No. of pages 160
Dimensions 130 mm x 205 mm x 12 mm
Series Harlem Detectives Series
Harlem Detectives
Harlem Detectives Series
Harlem Detectives
Subject Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage

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