All Shot Up: The Classic Crime Thriller

by Chester Himes

Overview

"The greatest find in American fiction since Raymond Chandler."—The Observer [London]

The shocking and explosive hardboiled classic: From murderers to prostitutes, corrupt politicians and racist white detectives, Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones, Harlem's toughest detective duo, must carry the day against an absurdist world of racism and class warfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605986623
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	12/01/2007
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	387,790
File size:	876 KB

About the Author

After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously charming African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who attempt to maintain some kind of order in a series of violent and funny page-turners.
After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously charming African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who attempt to maintain some kind of order in a series of violent and funny page-turners.