Overview :The late African American novelist Chester Himes (1909-1984) is well known both in America and Europe for his moving depictions of black men... Read More
Overview :Chester B. Himes has been called "one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition" (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), "the best writer of ... Read More
Overview :Spanning 40 years and including Himes's first work, written during his imprisonment in the 1940s, this collection uncovers the internal stru... Read More
Overview :A fascinating blend of hatred and tenderness, of hard-boiled realism and generous idealism colors the writings of Chester Himes. How did thi... Read More
Overview :A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City's roughest streets in Chest... Read More
Overview :Detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones are in the hot seat in one of the most chaotic, brutally funny novels in Chester Himes's groundb... Read More
Overview :From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a brilliant, short novel about four black men in Paris wrongfully convicted of ra... Read More
Overview :From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a powerful autobiographical novel about a black family tortured by colorism as it... Read More
Overview :The final, posthumous installment of the ground-breaking Harlem Detectives series, a novel of explosive, apocalyptic violence, and a startli... Read More