The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes
Some regard Chester Himes as the literary equal of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. A ground breaking black mystery writer with both hard boiled and literary books.
The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes
First trade paperback printing
Condition: Very good plus, very light edge and corner wear, light wrinkling on spine and rear, price sticker on rear cover.
Publishing Info: Allison and Busby, London, 2000
ISBN: 9780749000950
Jesse Robinson wakes from his nightmares and fantasies to messy, fitful real life in noisy Harlem. He's an acclaimed black writer, or was. Now he lives on gin and chocolate and hangover cures, and women don't come near him,
Kriss wakes up alone, divorced, disillusioned, in her plush Manhattan apartment, to resume her high-salary, low-excitement existence on Madison Avenue, and wonders what went wrong.
They have noting in common but.
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