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A Rage in Harlem (Canongate Crime Classics)
 
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A Rage in Harlem (Canongate Crime Classics) (Paperback)

by Chester Himes (Author)
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  • Paperback: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate Crime; New edition edition (12 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841950246
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841950242
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,618 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #6 in  Books > Fiction > Cult Authors > Himes, Chester
    #95 in  Books > Fiction > World > American > African American

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Jackson is so unhip that he can't see through the scam he's being offered. After losing his life's savings to a con artist, he steals from his boss, and begins his descent into the less-savoury aspects of life in Harlem. This was Himes' first foray into crime fiction.

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To be square in Harlem is to risk your life. And Jackson is so square he can't see through the lovely Imabelle, even when she introduces him to a man who knows the 'secret' of turning $10 bills into $100s. Soon Jackson is losing his life-savings to this con man, stealing money from his boss and then blowing this 'borrowed' money on the crap tables.

So begins Chester Himes' first foray into crime fiction, the novel which was to win him massive international acclaim.

A Rage In Harlem introduces readers to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, Harlem's toughest cops and Himes' most memorable fictional creations. Renowned for their meanness and always armed with their legendary nickel-plated Colts, they patrol the streets of the ghetto trying to keep some semblance of order.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Crime in the Ghetto, 20 Aug 2003
By Russel D. Mclean "Russel D McLean" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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With its hip characters, inventive double crosses and evocative images of Harlem, this book is an absolute classic in crime fiction. Clearly an influence on films like Shaft, the action is hard and fast, the division between the worlds of black and white people is defined as a symptom of the age in which it was written and the cast are defined perfectly; like Elmore Leonard would later attempt to emulate, each character is trying to climb up the social ladder just one more rung by any means necessary and in the end, who can blame them?

Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones are relatively minor characters here. The focus of the book, rather, is the patsy Jackson, who finds his life spiralling out of control when a scam artist convinces him he has the secret of "raising" ten dollar bills into hundred dollar bills. Each choice Johnson makes throws him further into a maelstrom of trouble and the final, violent confrontations are intensely gripping, exciting and emotionally affecting.

Sometimes, when people call a book a classic, the term is bandied about loosely and innapropriately. But a rage in Harlem is a true classic: a reflection of the age of its conception and not only that but a darn fine, intensely exciting crime thriller which no doubt influenced many crime writers to follow.

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