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.>

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.

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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; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; 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