by Chester Himes · Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402076748
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«El gran sueño de oro» is the crime novel by Chester Himes, published by Bruguera in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
In Harlem, the discovery of a woman's corpse puts detectives «Ataúd» Johnson and «Sepulturero» Jones on the trail of a secret: a fortune of 36,000 dollars in new banknotes. The sum attracts con artists, pushers and novices, and greed unleashes a hunt that leaves a trail of homicides.
Fourth instalment of Chester Himes's Harlem Cycle, originally published as The Big Gold Dream. Number 53 of Bruguera's Novela Negra collection (Libro Amigo series), translated by Carlos Peralta.
For readers of classic crime fiction and American detective stories, interested in Chester Himes's Harlem Cycle.
Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. In 1958, Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
