{"product_id":"the-real-cool-killers","title":"The Real Cool Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that Walter Kirn said was like \"Hieronymus Bosch meets Miles Davis\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e(The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). - Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones get personally involved in a gang dispute in one of the most provocative cases in Chester Himes's groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany people had reasons for killing Ulysses Galen, a big Greek with too much money and too great a liking for young black girls. But there are complications--like Sonny, found standing over the body, high on hash, with a gun in his hand that fires only blanks; a gang called the Moslems; a disappearing suspect; and the fact that Coffin Ed's daughter is up to her pretty little neck in the whole explosive business.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCHESTER HIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 to 1936. From his first novel, \u003ci\u003eIf He Hollers Let Him Go\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), Himes dealt with the social and psychological repercussions of being black in a white-dominated society. Beginning in 1953, Himes moved to Europe, where he met and was strongly influenced by Richard Wright. It was in France that he began his best-known series of crime novels--including \u003ci\u003eCotton Comes to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e (1965)--featuring two Harlem policemen. As with Himes's earlier work, the series is characterized by violence and grisly, sardonic humor. He died in Spain in 1984.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: November 28, 1988\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780679720393\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.5 inches | 0.4 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Mystery, Popular Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chester Himes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873008234731,"sku":"9780679720393","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780679720393.jpg?v=1781453742","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/the-real-cool-killers","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}