I haven't read the Himes book, either. My excuse: couldn't
find a copy. I
thought for sure some bookstore in town would have one. Boy,
was I wrong! I
should have taken my own advice and used the ABE or something
on the net.
It seems lately Himes has been getting an awful lot of
respect, whereas
Chandler, Macdonald and Hammett (coincidentally all being
published, as
well as Himes, by Black Lizard now in oversized, and
therefore more
expensive paperbacks) have had it for years. The result:
there's not even
many used copies around. I managed to find a few Himes, but
not Rage in
Harlem. Did anyone else have problems finding a copy?
However, in reading up on Himes, I came across this tidbit:
The
Coffin/Jones books were all published originally in French,
in France,
except for the last one. Since Himes spent most of the latter
part of his
life in Paris, I assume he was at ease with the language, but
what I want
to know is: did he write them in French, or write them in
English and
translate them into French? And did he do his own
translation?
But I digress...
Kevin Smith
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"Everybody loves a loser,
They wanna see him pay his dues,
Everybody loves a loser,
But they don't wanna stand in his shoes."
-Murray McLauchlan
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