The Big Gold Dream

Chester Himes author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Publishing:28th Nov '24

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 28th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Big Gold Dream cover

Fast-paced and hard-boiled, this Harlem Detectives novel follows a pile of stolen money – or it would if anyone could find it…

Alberta Wright drops dead on the street during a sermon by the charismatic con man Sweet Prophet. Her partner rushes home to avoid the cops, only to find her apartment looted by someone looking for her stash of cash. But soon it becomes apparent that there are number of players in the race for Alberta’s dough. Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are called in to investigate, but they know full well the bodies haven’t stopped dropping yet.

The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler * Sunday Times *
A fine crime writer ... in a vein of sheer toughness very much his own * The Times *
Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. His command of nuances of character and dynamics of plot is preeminent among writers of crime fiction. He is a master craftsman

ISBN: 9780241692622

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm

Weight: 159g

208 pages