The Big Gold Dream

Alberta Wright drops dead on the street during a sermon by the charismatic con man Sweet Prophet. Her partner rushes home to avoid the cops, only to find her apartment looted by someone looking for her stash of cash. But soon it becomes apparent that there are number of players in the race for Alberta''s dough. Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are called in to investigate, but they know full well the bodies haven''t stopped dropping yet.>

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Product details

• Authors: Chester Himes
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9780241692622
• ISBN: 978-0-241-69262-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Harlem, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Noir, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, Street fiction / urban fiction, Relating to African American / Black American people