Two Guns From Harlem: The Detective Fiction of Chester Himes

Two Guns From Harlem: The Detective Fiction of Chester HimesAmong the many writers who lent their talents to the creation of hard boiled detective fiction, few have approached it from a more original perspective than Chester Himes. A former criminal himself, Himes brought to the writing of detective fiction the perspective of the black man. Himes made his debut with the brilliant For Love of Imabelle, for which he was awarded the coveted Grand Prix de la Litt rature Polici re. Two Guns from Harlem probes

Among the many writers who lent their talents to the creation of hard-boiled detective fiction, few have approached it from a more original perspective than Chester Himes. A former criminal himself, Himes brought to the writing of detective fiction the perspective of the black man. Himes made his debut with the brilliant For Love of Imabelle, for which he was awarded the coveted Grand Prix de la Litt rature Polici re.
Two Guns from Harlem probes Himes's early life and career for the roots of this series and for its heroes, Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. Skinner discusses how Himes's experience as a black man, combined with his unique outlook on sociology, politics, violence, sex, and race relations, resulted not only in an unusual portrait of black America but also opened the way for the creation of the
ethnic and female hard-boiled detectives who followed.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 01/01/1989
ISBN: 9780879724542
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d