Chester Himes

This story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published in 1947. The novel takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism. Living in a society that is …

Employé des pompes funèbres, Jackson est un naïf. Il fait confiance à Hank, un aigrefin qui lui a fait croire qu'il possède, comme Jésus, le pouvoir de multiplication. Sauf qu'ici, il ne s'agit ni de pain, ni de vin, mais de billets de banque. Jackson y perd tout son magot et, par la même occasion, son épouse …

Cotton Comes to Harlem is a hardboiled crime fiction novel written by Chester Himes in 1965. It is the sixth and best known of the Grave Digger Jones & Coffin Ed Johnson Mysteries. It was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1970 starring Redd Foxx. The novel plays with thoughts of Blaxploitation and is a …

Il pleut des coups durs est le troisième roman noir de l'écrivain américain Chester Himes, paru d'abord en français en 1958. Il pleut des coups durs est le troisième roman de la série écrit, mais le second dans l'ordre de la saga du duo Ed Cercueil et Fossoyeur Jones.

Blind Man With a Pistol is a 1969 fiction novel by Chester Himes. It is the 8th book in the Harlem Cycle series.

The big gold dream is a book that was written by Chester Himes.