{"product_id":"the-essential-harlem-detectives-9781101908396","title":"The Essential Harlem Detectives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice • A one-volume selection of four novels in the legendary detective series—blistering, groundbreaking capers set in Harlem's criminal underworld—by master crime writer Chester Himes. With an introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author S.A. Cosby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Himes] put a spin on crime fiction—emphasizing urban atmosphere, street smarts, and uptown carryings-on—unlike anything the genre had previously seen.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Himes’s Harlem saga vies with the novels of David Goodis and Jim Thompson as the inescapable achievement of postwar American crime fiction.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHis implacable drive to examine the Black experience, the disingenuous nature of the American Dream, the reality of pain and sorrow and what it does to the soul, that is what makes [Himes] the bard of the existential","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406799348055,"sku":"9781101908396","price":22.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101908396.jpg?v=1730497153","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-essential-harlem-detectives-9781101908396","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}