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A rage in Harlem / Chester Himes.
Van Pelt Library PS3515.I713 R3 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
- Series:
- Vintage crime/Black Lizard
- Standardized Title:
- For love of Imabelle
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First Vintage crime/Black Lizard edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 1991.
- Summary:
- For the love of fine and wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson loses his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds and steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a crap table. Luckily for him, Jackson has a savvy twin brother, Goldy, who, disguised as a Sister of Mercy, earns a living by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. Now for the big payback...
- Notes:
- Originally published as: For love of Imabelle. c1957.
- ISBN:
- 0679720405
- OCLC:
- 24309086
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