Plan B by Himes, Chester

Plan B (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593686133)

Vendor: Chester Himes
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Format: Paperback
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Plan B by Himes, Chester

Plan B

$17.00
Plan B by Himes, Chester

Plan B

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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The final, posthumous installment of the ground-breaking Harlem Detectives series, a novel of explosive, apocalyptic violence, and a startling vision of the effects of racism in America

The roots of racism and persecution in Tomsson Black's ancestry are deep and staggering. In his own lifetime, his misfortunes have become unbearable and, as they mount, serve as an impetus for a final and cataclysmic act of vengeance--the violent overthrow of white society.

When acclaimed crime writer Chester Himes died in Spain in 1984, it was rumored that an unfinished story in the Harlem Detective series existed that had all but extinguished his heroes and their fraught city in an explosive paroxysm of racial strife. Completed from his notes by Michel Fabre and Robert E. Skinner, Plan B is that harrowing story.

Includes an illuminating introduction by editors Michel Fabre and Robert E. Skinner.

Author: Chester Himes
ISBN-10: 0593686136
ISBN-13: 9780593686133
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2024
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d
By Chester Himes
By Chester Himes
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Chester Himes began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 to 1936. From his first novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945), Himes dealt with the social and psychological repercussions of being black in a white-dominated society. Beginning in 1953, Himes moved to Europe, where he met and was strongly influenced by Richard Wright. It was in France that he began his best-known series of crime novels--including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)--featuring two Harlem policemen. As with Himes's earlier work, the series is characterized by violence and grisly, sardonic humor. He died in Spain in 1984.

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