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The Crazy Kill

By Chester Himes

By Chester Himes

By Chester Himes

By Chester Himes

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Part of Harlem Detectives

Part of Harlem Detectives

Category: Noir Novels

Category: Noir Novels

Paperback $15.00

Dec 17, 1989 | ISBN 9780679725725

Ebook $9.99

Jul 27, 2011 | ISBN 9780307803238

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    About The Crazy Kill

    From “one of the most important American writers of the 20th century” (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence. 
     
    One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out–but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs.  As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It’s up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who murdered Val.

    About The Crazy Kill

    From “one of the most important American writers of the 20th century” (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence. 
     
    One early morning, Reverend Short is watching from his bedroom window as the A&P across the street is robbed. As he tries to see the thief get away, the opium-addicted preacher leans too far and falls out–but he is unscathed, thanks to an enormous bread basket outside the bakery downstairs.  As the crowd gathers to see what happened, a shocking discovery is made: There is another body in the bread basket, and Valentine Haines is dead, really dead. It’s up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who murdered Val.

    About Chester Himes

    Chester (Bomar) Himes began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 – 1936. His account of the horrific 1930 Penitentiary fire that killed over three hundred men appeared in Esquire in 1932… More about Chester Himes

    About Chester Himes

    Chester (Bomar) Himes began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 – 1936. His account of the horrific 1930 Penitentiary fire that killed over three hundred men appeared in Esquire in 1932… More about Chester Himes

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Novels

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Dec 17, 1989 | 160 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679725725

    Category: Noir Novels

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jul 27, 2011 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780307803238

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    Praise

    “[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction—emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts and uptown carryings-on—unlike anything the genre had previously seen.”
        —The Boston Globe

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

    “A perverse blend of sordid realism and macabre fantasy-humor.”
        —The New York Times

    “For sheer toughness it’s hard to beat the black detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Himes never received the recognition he deserved for his books—they combine elements of George V. Higgins, Elmore Leonard, and Richard Stark, with a bleak vision all their own.”
        —The Washington Post

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