The Real Cool Killers
- Schrijver: Chester Himes (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Afro-Amerikaanse thriller
- Taal: Engels
- Eerste druk: 1959
- Heruitgave: Penguin Modern Classics
- Verschijnt: 25 maart 2021
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Paperback / Ebook
Recensie en waardering van de thriller van Chester Himes
- “The toughest crime stories in print.” (Sunday Times)
Flaptekst van de thriller uit 1959 van Chester Himes
The night’s over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a Harlem street. But the night’s just beginning for detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Because they have a smoking gun but it couldn’t have killed Galen, and they had a suspect but a gang called the Real Cool Moslems took him. And as patrol cars and search teams descend on the neighbourhood, their case threatens to take a turn for the personal.
The Real Cool Killers is loaded with grizzly comedy and with all the raucous, threatening energy of the streets it’s set on.
Chester Himes informatie
Volledige naam: Chester Bomar Himes
Geboren op 29 juli 1909
Geboorteplaats: Jefferson City, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
Overleden op 12 november 1984
Sterfplaats: Moirara, Spanje
Leeftijd: 75 jaar