Chester Himes
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Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed...
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John RussellAlso in If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
John AndersonAlso in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Jonelle AllenAlso in Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.Also in Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
Ann PrentissAlso in If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
Dana WynterAlso in If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)About this person
Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. In 1958, Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
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