The Noir Atlantic: Chester Himes and the Birth of the Francophone African Crime Novel by Pim Higginson

The Noir Atlantic: Chester Himes and the Birth of the Francophone African Crime Novel

Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures (Hardcover)

Pim Higginson

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With the publication in 1953 of his Harlem Domestic series, African American noir writer Chester Himes became a cult figure for a generation of Parisian readers--many of whom appreciated his work as much for the break it represented from the domin...

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