by Chester Himes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402056092
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«Un ciego con una pistola» is a crime novel by Chester Himes published by Bruguera in paperback (219 pages, in Spanish).
In New York's Harlem on the brink of rebellion, detectives «Ataúd» Ed Johnson and «Sepulturero» Jones investigate mysterious nuns, an old ruined funeral home, and three corpses found in the basement. Racial tension, protests, and escalating violence surround a case that demands answers before the neighborhood explodes.
It belongs to the Harlem Cycle, of which it is the eighth installment; translation by Ana Becciu. Original title: Blind Man with a Pistol (1969).
For crime fiction readers interested in Himes's police cycle and the social portrait of Harlem in the sixties.
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.
