Chester Himes: Run Man Run, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Run Man Run
- A Novel
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 10/2024
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593686720
- Item number:
- 11760484
- Volume:
- 226 Pages
- Weight:
- 216 g
- Format:
- 203 x 132 mm
- Thickness:
- 13 mm
- Release date:
- 8.10.2024
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In this knockout standalone crime novel from the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a white cop's murderous outburst leads to a pulse-pounding chase to silence a witness
It's early morning in New York, a few days after Christmas and bitter cold. A white detective named Walker accuses the black workers at a luncheonette on 37th Street and Fifth Avenue of stealing his car. He's been drinking---a lot. By the time he corners Fat Sam in the refrigeration room, he's raving mad, and his .32-caliber revolver goes off. But who would believe it was an accident? Two other men work in the luncheonette, and in his fuming, psychotic state, Walker is determined to take out these witnesses. One of them, Luke, he kills in cold blood. But the other, Jimmy, gets away by the skin of his teeth. As Jimmy tries to stay one step ahead and desperately pleads with the authorities that the killer is on the force, Walker closes in until the chase culminates in an explosive conclusion.
Biography
Chester Himes (1909 - 1984) hat die Kriminalliteratur radikalisiert und literarisch endgültig emanzipiert, nachdem er aus den USA nach Frankreich emigriert war.