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      Cotton Comes to Harlem

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      SKU 9780241639221 Categories ,
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      'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell's broken loose. The 'Reverend' Deke O'Malley has just made $87,000 by dup...

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      Product ID:9780241639221
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
      Title:Cotton Comes to Harlem
      Authors:Author: Chester Himes
      Page Count:240
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell's broken loose. The 'Reverend' Deke O'Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, exotic dancers, a racist colonel and a whole pile of bodies...

      ''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph


      A con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell''s broken loose.

      The ''Reverend'' Deke O''Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, exotic dancers, a racist colonel and a whole pile of bodies...


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-07-13

      Additional information

      Weight184 g
      Dimensions128 × 198 × 15 mm