by Chester Himes · Plaza y Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401465024
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«Un ciego con una pistola» is the crime novel by Chester Himes, published by Plaza y Janés in hardcover (224 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows detectives Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed, two Black policemen with expedient methods, on an investigation that takes them into the crime and nightlife of the city. The plot departs from usual protocols and is told with rawness.
1994 edition published in Barcelona, with translation by Ana Becciu. The registered original title is 'Hot day, hot night'.
For crime fiction readers who appreciate hard-boiled detectives and street atmosphere, in the vein of writers like Jim Thompson and Edward Bunker.
Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. In 1958, Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
