A rage in Harlem / Chester Himes.
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TextSeries: Vintage crime/Black LizardPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1991, c1985.Edition: 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard edDescription: 159 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0679720405 (pbk.)
- For love of Imabelle
- 813/.54 20
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Fiction | Himes, Chester B | Available | 33111002992705 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A rip-roaring introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City's roughest streets in the groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.
"[This] Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction." -- The New York Times
For the love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds--and then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a living--disguised as a Sister of Mercy--by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.
Originally published as: For love of Imabelle. c1957.