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Title: Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes ISBN: 0-394-75998-2 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 December, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Dirty Business
Comment: This a book by a Black author about Harlem in the 60's. It is not a story, but a series of incidents leading the protagonist, one of a team of Black cops, to conclude "It don't make no sense." It portrays every negative aspect of the community: crime; vice; brutality; ignorance; mindless, purposeless plunging forward.The title character symbolizes the whole enterprise. Is this picture fair or accurate? It overflows with violence. It is not dull, but neither is it pleasant to read.
Rating: 4
Summary: A wonderful book by a neglected master!
Comment: Chester Himes spent years analyzing the race question and nobody recognized the fact. The reason was, he disguised his probes into the mysteries of racism in his series of Harlem domestic novels. However, in "Blind Man with a Pistol," he lays all the dark, evil workings of racism out there for us. He renders his two star detectives virtually powerless in a mad riot between three major factions. Like most riots, there are numerous underlying events and themes involved in Himes' riot in this novel. The book is expertly paced and has its moments of humor in the midst of the madness. A wonderful book by a neglected master!
Rating: 3
Summary: Two rough and ready cops stop crime in Harlem
Comment: The difference between the cops and the crooks is the cops keep looking for justice however they come by it while the crooks look for gain. Very well written although dark. An eye openers for those of us who don't know anything about Harlem in the 60's.
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Title: The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes ISBN: 0679720391 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Heat's On by Chester Himes ISBN: 0394759974 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes ISBN: 0394759990 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Run Man Run by Chester B. Himes ISBN: 0786702095 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes ISBN: 0679720405 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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