A Rage in Harlem
New York : Vintage Books, 1989.
Format: Book
Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
Description: 159 pages ; 21 cm.
A rip-roaring introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City's roughest streets in the groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series.
"[This] Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction." -- The New York Times
For the love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds--and then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a living--disguised as a Sister of Mercy--by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.
"[This] Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction." -- The New York Times
For the love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds--and then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a living--disguised as a Sister of Mercy--by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.
Series: Vintage crime.
Subjects:
African American police -- Fiction.
Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
African American police -- Fiction.
Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0679720405
Originally published as: For love of Imabelle. c1957.