Cotton Comes to Harlem

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell's broken loose. The 'Reverend' Deke O'Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, exotic dancers, a racist colonel and a whole pile of bodies...

''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph

A con-man is swindling the poor folk of Harlem out of their life savings - and now all hell''s broken loose.

The ''Reverend'' Deke O''Malley has just made $87,000 by duping his followers, only for white gunmen to hijack the rally and escape with the cash hidden inside a bale of cotton. Now ace detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson must get the good people of Harlem their money back by any means necessary, in a raucous, breakneck adventure involving double-crosses, exotic dancers, a racist colonel and a whole pile of bodies...

• | Author: Chester Himes
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780241639221
• | ISBN-10: 0241639220