A Rage in Harlem
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Imprint: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
(Dec 17, 1989)
Fiction, Paperback, 151 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780679720409
Fiction, Paperback, 151 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780679720409
Description of A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City’s roughest streets in Chester Himes’s groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.
For 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.
