The Big Gold Dream
The Big Gold Dream
Himes, Chester
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781933648842, Publication Date: Mon, February 1, 2010, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
ed crime writer since Raymond Chandler, is back in print with Pegasus Books. After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously effective African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, Harlem's toughest detective duo, must carry the day against an absurdist world of racism and class warfare. The Big Gold Dream is the explosive and shocking hardboiled classic that explores the shadowy underbelly of New York as a urban civil war erupts on the side streets of Harlem, pitting murderers and prostitutes against corrupt politicians and racist white detectives. Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson attempt to maintain some kind of order-in the neighborhood they have sworn to protect-in a world gone mad around them. Chester Himes is the author of numerous novels, short stories, essays, and film scripts. He began writing while serving a prison term for jewel robbery in the early 1940s. He emigrated to France in 1953, then to Spain where he made his home until his death in 1984.
reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The Great Squirrel Burglar

by Graham Wehrli, Mary Ellen

Hardcover /Hardcover

$15.71

Tendrils of the Past

by Fraser, Anthea

Hardcover /Hardcover

$23.24

The Unseen Realm: A Question ...

by Van Dorn, Douglas

Paperback /Paperback

$8.24

listens & views

EDGE OF THE WORLD

by MEKONS

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$12.99

LIVE IN NEW YORK

by HARRIS,BARRY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$16.75

ROCKIN AT HOPS (JMLP) (JPN)

by BERRY,CHUCK

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$28.99

GREATEST HITS 2

by CRAZY ACES

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$14.75

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.