This is short crime novel by Chester Himes. This is among his most famous, if not his most famous. I’d previously read another from this series called The Real Cool Killers, that I remember liking, but don’t remember much of the specifics of that book. I did like this one–it’s got a strong and curious voice–and there’s a great wildness to this book. It’s chaotic from the very beginning, involving a money laundering scheme, a pile of cash, two violent detectives, and a lot of shooting. […]
Hank counted the stack of money.
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes