It's got an awesome sense of Paris in its pages, you can feel
the place nicely. Definitely worth the read. Rob
---
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> 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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