Blind Man with a Pistol

Himes, Chester

ISBN 10 : 0586035079 ISBN 13 : 9780586035078

Editeur : HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1971

Synopsis

RO60105091. BLIND MAN WITH A PISTOL. 1971. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos fané, Mouillures. 190 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“A sensual, surreal, cartoonishly violent and breathtakingly bawdy comic universe. . . . A raw but bracing locale . . . bursting with life and sadness, joyously bitter as well as unabashedly sensual.”
     —Los Angeles Times

“One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.” —Walter Mosley

“Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. His command of nuances of character and dynamics of plot is preeminent among writers of crime fiction. He is a master craftsman.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

“Their deft mixture of race relations and police-work are as entertaining as sociology as they are as mysteries.” —The Boston Globe

Présentation de l'éditeur :

At once grotesquely comic and unflinchingly violent, Blind Man With a Pistol is the final entry in Chester Himes's trailblazing Harlem Detectives series.
 
New York is sweltering in the summer heat, and Harlem is close to the boiling point. To Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, at times it seems as if the whole world has gone mad. Trying, as always, to keep some kind of peace—their legendary nickel-plated Colts very much in evidence—Coffin Ed and Grave Digger find themselves pursuing two completely different cases through a maze of knifings, beatings, and riots that threaten to tear Harlem apart.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Date d'édition: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0586035079
• ISBN 13: 9780586035078
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 192