| ISBN |
9780241521090 (paperback) |
| Name |
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 author. |
| Title |
Cotton comes to Harlem / Chester Himes ; with an afterword by Will Self. |
| Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2021. |
| ©1965 |
| Description |
230 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
"Originally published in France as 'Retour en Afrique' in 1964 and in the USA as 'Cotton comes to Harlem' in 1965"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
A preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope - the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one man to the morgue - the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it. Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem. |
| Subjects |
Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) Fiction |
| Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) Fiction |
| African American detectives -- New York (State) New York -- Fiction |
| Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Other Names |
Self, Will writer of afterword. |
| Series |
Harlem detective series 06. |
| Penguin modern classics |
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