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The final novel in the trailblazing Harlem Detective series, set in a New York City at boiling point

Bawdy and tough-talking, wickedly funny and wantonly sensual, Blind Man With a Pistol is a surreal joyride through Harlem in a heatwave. Detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are side-tracked from investigating a series of organised race riots when a white man with a cut throat and no trousers falls dead at their feet. Told in a thrilling chaos of impressions over the course of one day and one night, this case will take Jones and Johnson into the pounding heart of Harlem.

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    A Paperback by Chester Himes

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 11/28/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780241692615, 978-0241692615
      ISBN10: 024169261X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The final novel in the trailblazing Harlem Detective series, set in a New York City at boiling point

      Bawdy and tough-talking, wickedly funny and wantonly sensual, Blind Man With a Pistol is a surreal joyride through Harlem in a heatwave. Detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are side-tracked from investigating a series of organised race riots when a white man with a cut throat and no trousers falls dead at their feet. Told in a thrilling chaos of impressions over the course of one day and one night, this case will take Jones and Johnson into the pounding heart of Harlem.

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