The Crazy Kill

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.>

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Chester Himes
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9780241692639
• ISBN: 978-0-241-69263-9
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Thème: Penguin Modern Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > 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