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'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle. The first of Chester Himes's novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, A Rage in Harlem has swagger, brutal humour, lurid violence, a hearse loaded with gold and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy. With an Introduction by Luc Sante
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6 primary booksHarlem Cycle is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1957 with contributions by Chester Himes, Michel Fabre, and Robert E. Skinner.
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A thrilling fast paced roller coaster. Loved this crime novel set in Harlem. Keen to continue the series.