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Two
Guns From Harlem
The Detective Fiction
of Chester Himes
Robert E. Skinner
Popular Press
Among the many writers who lent their
talents to the creation of hard-boiled detective fiction, few
have approached it from a more original perspective than Chester
Himes. A former criminal himself, Himes brought to the writing
of detective fiction a personal perspective. Himes made his debut
with the brilliant For Love of Imabelle, for which he
was awarded the coveted Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière.
Two Guns from Harlem probes Himes's early life and career
for the roots of this series and for its heroes, Coffin Ed Johnson
and Grave Digger Jones. Skinner discusses how Himes's experience
as a black man, combined with his unique outlook on sociology,
politics, violence, sex, and race relations, resulted not only
in an unusual portrait of black America but also opened the way
for the creation of the ethnic and female hard-boiled detectives
who followed.
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1989
LC: 89-060980 PS
198 pp. 6 x 9
ISBN-10: 0-87972-453-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-453-5
Cloth $33.95 t
ISBN-10: 0-87972-454-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-454-2
Paper $15.95 t
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