A Rage in Harlem
Book - 1989
Jackson loses his life savings to a con man, now his twin brother Goldy, who disguises himself as a nun, must help him get it back.
Publisher:
New York :, Vintage Books,, 1989.
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition.
Copyright Date:
©1957
ISBN:
9780679720409
0679720405
0679720405
Branch Call Number:
FIC HIME
Characteristics:
159 pages ; 21 cm.


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Himes was a writer of crime fiction, and his novel "A Rage in Harlem" was turned into a feature film starting Gregory Hines and Danny Glover.
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Add a CommentListed in "The 1000 Books You Should Watch Before You Die." Suffering tragic white racism in Arkansas, including his brother's rejection at the emergency ward of a whites only hospital and a long prison sentence for a youthful indiscretion, Himes viewed the life of blacks in America as unjust, absurd and menacing and wrote in such a way as to describe this daily horror. This is the first of a series of eight hard-boiled detective novels, several of which were made into top selling films.
"A Rage in Harlem" won France's Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere award in 1957. Harlem police detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson play a minor role in the first novel of the series. This book is about a bumpkin, Jackson, who is fleeced by a con wherein his ten dollar bills were suppose to be converted into hundred dollar bills inside an oven. A mixture of vicious brutality and dark comedy. For fans of hardboiled crime fiction, I would rate "A Rage in Harlem" at 3.50 stars.
I loved this book-the authenticity of the language: the characters: the truth behind the lives of people living in Harlem at the time of the story. I am looking forward to reading more of this series.