Chester himes
The Crazy Kill
A classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem aboundBig Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It’s up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine – though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police.Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.
A classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem aboundBig Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It’s up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine – though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police.Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Vydavateľ | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Počet strán | 160 |
| Typ viazania | Paperback / softback |
| Hmotnosť (g) | 200 g |
| Rozmery (š-v-h) | 198 x 129 x 15 |
| EAN | 9780241692639 |
| Dodacia doba | nedostupné |
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