Cotton Comes to Harlem

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Con man Deke O’Hara is out of the state penitentiary and hoping to work the scam of a lifetime. But the $87,000 he has schemed has been hijacked and hidden in a bale of cotton. Worse still, Harlem’s toughest cops are on everyone’s trail.

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ISBN: 9780241521090 Author: Himes, Chester B. Publisher: Penguin Classics Publication Date: 25th March 2021 Imprint: Penguin Classics Cover: Paperback Dewey: 813.54 (edition:23) Pages: 240 Language: English Edition: Reprint Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subject:

‘A bawdy, brazen rollercoaster of a novel . . . the wildest’ The New York Times

A preacher called Deke O’Malley’s been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds – and send one man’s brain matter flying – the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it.

Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem.

With an Introduction by Will Self

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