{"product_id":"the-crazy-kill-chester-himes","title":"The Crazy Kill (Chester Himes)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem abound\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend Short falls out of a window trying to see a thief fleeing the robbed store opposite, his life is saved when he lands in a bread basket, cushioned by the corpse of Valentine Haines. It's up to detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out who stabbed Valentine - though no one at the wake is keen to say much to the police. Shot through with dry, dark humour, this is Chester Himes at his hardboiled noir best.\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, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65791291720029,"sku":"K097237875","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9723787500001A.jpg?v=1788374978","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-crazy-kill-chester-himes","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}