Skinner, Robert E. 1948-

Plan B : a novel by Chester B Himes ( Book )
4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 658 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.

Cat-eyed trouble by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
5 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and French and held by 505 libraries worldwide
In 1930s New Orleans, a white policeman joins forces with his colored son to solve the murder of a social worker. They are Captain Frank Casey and his son, Wesley Farrell, a nightclub owner and the sleuth of this series. By the author of Skin Deep, Blood Red.

Skin deep, blood red by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2000 in French and English and held by 422 libraries worldwide
In 1936 New Orleans, nightclub owner Wesley Farrell is blackmailed by a gangster into investigating the murder of a crooked policeman. If he refuses, the gangster will tell people the truth about Farrell, a black man pretending to be white.

The hard-boiled explicator : a guide to the study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
4 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in English and held by 412 libraries worldwide

Conversations with Chester Himes by Chester B Himes ( Book )
4 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 353 libraries worldwide

The righteous cut : a Wesley Farrell novel by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 344 libraries worldwide
In 1941, someone has kidnapped the daughter of corrupt New Orleans councilman Whitman Richards. Creole club owner Wesley Farrell is called in to go through the long list of Richards' enemies to find the one with the guts to try such a coup.

Two guns from Harlem : the detective fiction of Chester Himes by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 314 libraries worldwide

Pale shadow : a Wesley Farrell novel by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 255 libraries worldwide
In 1940 New Orleans, a doublecrossing counterfeitter named Luis Martinez is being hunted by Wesley Farrell, the cops, and his own gang.

Chester Himes : an annotated primary and secondary bibliography by Michel Fabre ( Book )
3 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 208 libraries worldwide

Daddy's gone a-hunting : a Wesley Farrell novel by Robert E Skinner ( Book )
4 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 169 libraries worldwide