'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times Jackson's
woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills
into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails Jackson is left broke wanted by the police
and desperately racing to get back both his money and his loving Imabelle. The first of Chester
Himes's novels featuring the hardboiled Harlem detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger
Jones A Rage in Harlem has swagger brutal humour lurid violence a hearse loaded with gold
and a conman dressed as a Sister of Mercy. With an Introduction by Luc Sante
