by Chester Himes · Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421174296
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«El jeque de Harlem» is the crime novel by Chester Himes, published by Barral in paperback (193 pages, in Spanish).
In Harlem, a white man is found murdered with no apparent motive, and the daughter of detective Coffin Ed Johnson becomes implicated in the case. With his partner Grave Digger Jones, Johnson investigates a death that exposes corruption, sadism, and youth gangs of the black ghetto, reflecting social bewilderment and juvenile disorientation.
It belongs to the detective series featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones; this edition is number 59 of the Serie Negra Policial collection from Ediciones de Bolsillo.
For readers of noir and crime fiction, particularly those interested in the work of Chester Himes.
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.
