The Real Cool Killers

Name: The Real Cool Killers
Author: Chester Himes
ISBN: 9780586027981

by Chester Himes

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The Real Cool Killers is a hardboiled crime fiction novel written by Chester Himes. Published in 1959, it is the second book in the Grave Digger Jones & Coffin Ed Johnson Mysteries. The protagonists of the novel, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed, are a pair of black detectives who patrol the dangerous slums of Harlem. The book was originally published in French under the title Il pleut des coups durs.

First published 1959 Avon 159 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 2
Editions known: 6

Classification

DDC 813.54 LCC PS-0351.00000000.I713 R4 African American policeAfrican americans, fictionCoffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character)FictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalGrave Digger Jones (Fictitious character)Johnson, coffin ed (fictitious character), fictionJones, grave digger (fictitious character), fiction

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ISBN 9780586027981 English First-edition ISBN: 058602798X

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