{"product_id":"cotton-comes-to-harlem-paperback","title":"Cotton Comes to Harlem - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChester Himes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a hard-hitting, entertaining entry in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series about two NYPD detectives who must piece together the clues of the scam of a lifetime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working a big scam. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement, he's counting on a big Harlem rally to produce a massive collection--for his own private charity. But the take is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everyone wants to get his hands on. As NYPD detectives \"Coffin Ed\" Johnson and \"Grave Digger\" Jones face the complexity of the scheme, we are treated to Himes's brand of hard-boiled crime fiction at its very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement he's counting on the big Harlem rally to produce a big collection--for his own private charity. But the take ($87,000) is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everyone wants to get his hands on. With Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones on everyone's trail and piecing together the complexity of the scheme, Cotton Comes to Harlem is one of Himes's hardest-hitting and most entertaining thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHESTER HIMES was born in Missouri in 1909. He began writing while serving a prison sentence for a jewel theft and published just short of twenty novels before his death in 1984. Among his best-known thrillers are \u003ci\u003eBlind Man with a Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCotton Comes to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Crazy Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Rage in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Cool Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heat's On\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.06 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52030867079469,"sku":"9780394759999","price":17.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UFloTXN4NXhBeWFoY09WeC9CU3YxQT09.webp?v=1777535425","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/cotton-comes-to-harlem-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}