{"product_id":"blind-man-with-a-pistol-chester-himes","title":"Blind Man with a Pistol (Chester Himes)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final novel in the trailblazing Harlem Detective series, set in a New York City at boiling point\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBawdy and tough-talking, wickedly funny and wantonly sensual, \u003ci\u003eBlind Man With a Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e is a surreal joyride through Harlem in a heatwave. Detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are side-tracked from investigating a series of organised race riots when a white man with a cut throat and no trousers falls dead at their feet. Told in a thrilling chaos of impressions over the course of one day and one night, this case will take Jones and Johnson into the pounding heart of Harlem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChester Himes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Missouri in 1909. Aged nineteen he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twenty-five years in jail, where he began to write short stories. Upon release, he took a variety of jobs while continuing to write fiction. He later moved to Paris where he wrote the first of his Harlem detective novels, \u003ci\u003eA Rage in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1957 Grand prix de littérature policière. In 1969 Himes moved to Spain, where he died in 1984.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65849502171485,"sku":"K097237876","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9723787600001A.jpg?v=1788799306","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/blind-man-with-a-pistol-chester-himes","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}