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A review by piccoline
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
3.0
Very hard boiled. Downright misanthropic. Like, you're reading it and thinking, wow, this is really misogynistic until you realize that it's not just the women that are portrayed as really venal and contemptible... but maybe they are, in the end a little more contemptible?
Look, it's an interesting caper, it's got some good moments, and it's certainly an interesting sketch of the sketchy side of Harlem of a certain time. And no doubt Himes gets some good shots in on the varieties of white supremacy and racism. But it's all a pretty nasty business.
Maybe the most fair thing to say is: I'm still processing this one.
Look, it's an interesting caper, it's got some good moments, and it's certainly an interesting sketch of the sketchy side of Harlem of a certain time. And no doubt Himes gets some good shots in on the varieties of white supremacy and racism. But it's all a pretty nasty business.
Maybe the most fair thing to say is: I'm still processing this one.