Chester Himes

Chester Himes A Life

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Publisher's Synopsis

Drawing on interviews with his wife and others who knew him, poet and novelist Sallis weaves together the facts of the American writer Himes' (1909-84) life with analysis of his fiction to find the relationship between the two. Himes began writing in prison in the early 1930s, and is now known as one of the 20th century's best writers of crime fict

Book information

ISBN: 9780802776396
Publisher: Walker & Co,.
Imprint: Walker & Co,.
Language: English
Weight: 580g
Height: 234mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 38mm