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Description edit
New York is sweltering in the summer heat, and Harlem is dose to the boiling point. To Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, at times it seems as if the whole world has gone mad. Trying, as always, to keep some kind of peace-their legendary nickel-plated Colts very much in evidence-Coffin... read more
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First Sentence edit
On 119th Street there had been a sign for years in the front window of an old dilapidated three-story brick house, announcing: FUNERALS PERFORMED.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 9 in Harlem Detective. (standard series)
Preceded by Cotton Comes to Harlem, and followed by Plan B..
This is book 374 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Pricksongs and Descants, and followed by Slaughterhouse-Five.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Chester Himes (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0394759982
Page Count: 240
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0394759982
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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