Himes, Chester B. 1909-1984

The real cool killers by Chester B Himes( Book )

54 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 864 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Many people had reasons for killing Galen, a big Greek with too much money and too great a liking for young black girls. But there are complications--like Sonny, high on hash, found standing over the body with a gun in his hand that fires only blanks; a street gang called the Moslems; a disappearing suspect; and the fact that Coffin Ed's daughter is up to her pretty little neck in the whole explosive business. -- from publisher's description

All shot up by Chester B Himes( Book )

78 editions published between 1960 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson keep order in Harlem

Run man run by Chester B Himes( Book )

76 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 830 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A white undercover cop vents his rage and starts a cycle of violence from which there is no escape. Walker, one of New York's embittered policemen, is vicious when drunk. Staggering into a restaurant on a freezing day, he kills two black workers "because they were there," and pursues a third who witnessed the murders in one of the most suspenseful chases ever put on paper."--Back cover

The big gold dream by Chester B Himes( Book )

65 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 8 languages and held by 785 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pursuing two apparently unrelated murders, detectives Coffin ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are led into a squalid Harlem ghetto, where they confront the killer in an explosive showdown

Plan B : a novel by Chester B Himes( Book )

25 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tomsson Black, political visionary, business genius, and underground revolutionary, plots to avenge injustice by instigating racial turmoil. The roots of racism extend far back into his ancestry, and persecution and suffering have affected many generations of his family. Tomsson's own misfortunes are the impetus for him to found a criminal underworld whose ultimate purpose is the overflow of white society. This novel, the history of Tomsson Black and an indictment of racism in America, ends in apocalypse. It is Chester Himes's ultimate statement about the destructive power of racism and his own personal fantasy of how the American Negro, through calculated acts of violence and martyrdom, could destroy the unequal system pervading American life. However, after reaching an ideological impasse, Himes, one of the angriest writers in the black protest movement, left this novel unfinished. After his death in Spain in 1984, a rumor persisted that he had left a final, unfinished Harlem story, in which he literally destroys both his Harlem backdrop and his heroes in a violent racial cataclysm. The manuscript, entitled Plan B, is that novel. It was edited and published in France, where it was widely hailed as an unfinished masterpiece by readers and critics alike. This new edition, appearing for the first time in the United States, includes an introduction by Michel Fabre (The Sorbonne) and Robert E. Skinner (Xavier University), who have prepared Plan B for publication

The crazy kill by Chester B Himes( Book )

43 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Outside the apartment where a wake is going on, the manager of the A & P across the street is robbed. Reverend Short, a storefront preacher addicted to opium and brandy, is watching from a bedroom window in the flat. He leans too far and falls out; a bread basket, sitting outside the bakery below, saves him. Back inside, he says he sees a vision of a dead man. Outside, in the very basket Short landed in, lies the body of Valentine Haines. Who murdered Val? It is up to Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson to find out

Cast the first stone; a novel by Chester B Himes( Book )

38 editions published between 1952 and 1997 in English and French and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roman over een homoseksuele liefde in de gevangenis

Black on Black; Baby sister and selected writings by Chester B Himes( Book )

18 editions published between 1942 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A case of rape by Chester B Himes( Book )

16 editions published between 1963 and 2003 in English and French and held by 545 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the rape and murder of Mrs Elizabeth Hancock

The end of a primitive by Chester B Himes( Book )

13 editions published between 1989 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A once-acclaimed black novelist, now on the downward path, meets a white divorcee with a taste for black men. The result is sex, violence and death. The novel is the latest in Norton's Old School Books series, which are reprints of pulp fiction by black authors