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Run Man Run (Himes, Chester)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780786702091
ISBN: 0786702095
Label: Carroll & Graf
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: May 31, 1995
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Studio: Carroll & Graf
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Rating:  - Run for life
Chester Himes's hard-hitting thriller is all about racism.
'Fat Sam had never realized that the thought of Negroes could send a white man out his head ... this sight of violence unleashed because of race.'
'I'm not supposed to talk about it because he's white and it might prejudice the civil rights movement.'
The main theme of this novel is also an affair of discrimination: 'He's a white detective and I'm just a poor colored porter'; and, ' "the true administration of justice ... Read More
Rating:  - Tough look at racism
Here's a tough crime novel by Chester Himes without Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones that takes an uncompromising look at American racism in New York City. Though published in 1966, it has a strong '50s feel that comes through in the language and the cultural references both.
Himes' dialogue and language can be occasionally stilted, but there are chase scenes here that will make you sit up and take notice, and the focus on black-white relations is especially good. It's the story of a white ... Read More
Rating: - A suspense-filled chase through 1950's Harlem.
A murderous racist cop trying to cover up his
drunken mistakes and a black truck driver who's
the only surviving witness have a suspense-filled
chase through Harlem. Not always believable, but
always thrilling. A good introduction to the hard-
boiled fiction of Chester Himes, and a piercing
look into the sources of racism.
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