Products specifications
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Author
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Chester Himes |
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Pub Date
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13/07/2023 |
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Binding
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Paperback / softback |
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Pages
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240 |
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Country
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United Kingdom |
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Dewey
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813.54 |
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GBPPrice
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9.99 |
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Availability
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Available |
'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...
