Mario wrote:
"I strongly suggest (though it's your money) that you give
Himes's Harlem novels the full treatment. They make up a
great body of work."
A few years ago, Payback Press (UK) put all eight novels out
in three volumes of three books each (adding Plan B to the
third volume). Each is prefaced by an essay (for instance,
Himes's Dilemma of a Black Writer in America in the second).
Unfortunately, I think they are now out of print.
"Himes rocks! . . . I guess you have guessed by now that I am
a longtime Himes fan... Ever since I found Blind Man with a
Pistol (great title, by the way)."
Great title and great book.
I have an old Black Lizard I've never read, Coffin & Co
by Niami Simon. According to the back cover, it's about two
cops who have convinced their co-workers that they were the
inspiration for Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones. Now they set
out to convince Himes not to end the series. I kept meaning
to read this after finishing the Harlem Cycle
(as Payback Press calls it), but still haven't. Is it any
good?
Mark
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